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CIA-paramilitære har været aktive i Ukraine og trænet elitestyrker til at dræbe russisktalende ukrainske separatister siden kort efter det amerikansk-sponsorerede kup i 2014. Det amerikanske spionagentur pralede med, at dets indflydelse 'ikke kan overvurderes'.

Central Intelligence Agency har været aktiv i Ukraine og trænet elitestyrker til at dræbe russisktalende ukrainske separatister siden 2014, hvor et amerikansk-sponsoreret statskup væltede den valgte regering i Kiev.

Yahoo News afslørede dette i en rapport den 16. marts med titlen 'Hemmeligt CIA-træningsprogram i Ukraine hjalp Kyiv med at forberede sig på russisk invasion.' Artiklen beskriver, hvordan 'CIA-paramilitære' begyndte at rejse til Ukraine i 2014 for at træne og rådgive styrker til at kæmpe mod russisktalende ukrainske militante i den østlige Donbas-region.

Disse russisktalende uafhængighedskæmpere rejste sig mod Kiev efter et amerikansk-støttet kup i 2014, der væltede den demokratisk valgte præsident Viktor Janukovitj, som havde opretholdt en politisk neutralitetspolitik, som balancerede Ukraine mellem Vesten og Rusland. Washington indførte i stedet et pro-NATO marionetregime, der undertrykte det russisktalende mindretals rettigheder i den østlige del af landet.

Yahoo News beskrev operationen som et 'skjult CIA-træningsprogram, der køres fra Ukraines østlige frontlinjer,' og bemærkede, at den fokuserede på at udvikle ukrainske specialoperationsenheder og lære dem 'irregulær krigsførelse' taktik.


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The US spy agency additionally sent "tactical specialists, like snipers, who also worked for the CIA Special Activities Center." It likewise developed secure communications systems for the Ukrainian forces.

An anonymous CIA officer involved in the operation said, "Our job is to have an exponential impact" on the Ukrainian forces.

Another official told Yahoo News that the effects of the CIA program in Ukraine "cannot be overestimated," and that the spy agency developed elite units that form "a strong nucleus" for Kiev's military.

This CIA operation was secret. But publicly, Washington was sending Ukraine large numbers of weapons, and the US military was openly training Ukrainian soldiers, Yahoo News noted, including by developing snipers and teaching fighters how to use Javelin anti-tank missiles and M141 Bunker Defeat Munitions.

After Russia invaded Ukraine this February 24, the United States and other NATO member states sent the country at least 17,000 anti-tank weapons, including Javelin missiles, along with 2,000 stinger anti-aircraft missiles. Some of these weapons have ended up in the hands of Ukrainian neo-Nazis from far-right extremist groups like Azov.

Washington and its NATO military alliance have made it clear that they are fueling an insurgency inside Ukraine. After approving $350 million in weapons for Kiev in late February, the US government this March passed a staggering $13.6 billion aid package for Ukraine, which includes $6.5 billion in military support.

Yahoo News also reported in January that the CIA had since 2015 been training Ukrainian paramilitaries inside the United States. A former CIA officer stated clearly, weeks before Russia invaded, that the "United States is training an insurgency," adding that the spy agency was teaching Ukrainian militants "to kill Russians."

Yahoo News falsely portrayed the conflict that raged from 2014 to 2022 in the Donbas as a fight between Ukrainians and Russians. In reality, researchers at the Pentagon-backed RAND Corporation admitted that "even by Kyiv's own estimates, the vast majority of rebel forces consist of locals — not soldiers of the regular Russian military."