The agency agreed to help the HUR [Ukrainian military intelligence] modernize, and to improve its ability to intercept Russian military communications. In exchange, Kondratiuk agreed to share all of the raw intelligence with the Americans.
how are you not just literally a branch office of the CIA at that point
CIA officers installed equipment at the bases to help gather intelligence and also identified some of the most skilled Ukrainian graduates of the Operation Goldfish program, working with them to approach potential Russian sources. These graduates then trained sleeper agents on Ukrainian territory meant to launch guerrilla operations in case of occupation.
Arming, training, and funding ultranationalist terrorists? Nooooo noooo you have it all wrong, these are simple staybehind operations in case of occupation. They are made of peaceful freedom-loving people who are also willing to risk being tortured to death if given the chance to kill random russians. Moderate rebels, you could say.
Man this article has a lot of great stuff.
how are you not just literally a branch office of the CIA at that point
Arming, training, and funding ultranationalist terrorists? Nooooo noooo you have it all wrong, these are simple staybehind operations in case of occupation. They are made of peaceful freedom-loving people who are also willing to risk being tortured to death if given the chance to kill random russians. Moderate rebels, you could say.
Damn even their acronyms sound German
It literally means bitch in german slang