Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 when they failed to keep their puppet government in place in Kiev. The article notes CIA started operations in 2016.

This has been a long war, and there is no end in sight.

Russia currently occupies a substantial portion of Ukraine, and have committed many atrocities and war crimes, including kidnapping thousands of children to Russia.

Russia is the aggressor here, not Ukraine. Russia is the instigator, not CIA or anyone else.

If this article is true, I'm glad to hear the the CIA is trying to help Ukraine push back on the Russian aggression and terrorism.

Ukrainians are done with Russian overlords.

> Around 2016, the C.I.A. began training an elite Ukrainian commando force — known as Unit 2245 — which captured Russian drones and communications gear so that C.I.A. technicians could reverse-engineer them and crack Moscow’s encryption systems.

Very cool stuff!

Original title:

>The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin