How Secret CIA Program Led To Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

The question of "how far can you go with existing covert action authorities?" is extremely relevant in the current geopolitical situation. Investigating the extend of how the secret CIA program could have led to Russian invasion of Ukraine becomes essential now.

According to Yahoo News, CIA paramilitaries have been training Ukrainian troops on the forefront of the Donbas battle against Russian-backed separatists throughout 2014 and were only withdrawn out under the Biden administration last month.

When the war broke out in eastern Ukraine in 2014, the CIA sent a limited number of paramilitary forces to the region, which was prompted by a US-backed coup in Kyiv and Donbas separatists proclaiming independence from the post-coup administration.

CIA paramilitaries taught Ukrainian soldiers sniper tactics, how to operate US-supplied Javelin anti-tank missiles, as well as how to evade being monitored on the battlefield using secret communications and other ways as part of the c...

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