Following the 2014 coup in Ukraine, the United States has been training special forces — obviously in preparation for conflict with Russia. The impact of this is reflected in a Sept. 10 New York Times article, which quotes a former Obama administration official.
In “Ukrainian Officials Drew on U.S. Intelligence to Plan Counteroffensive,” Julian Barnes and Helene Cooper write that “throughout the war, the United States has provided Ukraine with information on command posts, ammunition depots and other key nodes in the Russian military lines. Such real-time intelligence has allowed the Ukrainians — who U.S. officials acknowledge have played the decisive role in planning and execution — to target Russian forces, kill senior generals and force ammunition supplies to be moved farther from the Russian front lines.”
