The CIA’s secret mission to help Ukraine defeat Putin

Once seen as thoroughly compromised by Russia, Ukraine’s intelligence agencies have been turned by US spies into highly effective weapons against the Kremlin.

Adam Entous and Michael Schwirtz

Mar 1, 2024 – 5.00am

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Nestled in a dense forest, the Ukrainian military base appears abandoned and destroyed, its command centre a burned-out husk, a casualty of a Russian missile barrage early in the war.

But that is above ground.