| | President Donald Trump was impeached under the false pretense of withholding military assistance from Ukraine, which in fact he never did. Prior to Biden's moves to appease Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Biden's widely criticized meeting with the Russian leader in Geneva in June 2021,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/16/europe/vladimir-putin-met-joe-biden-and-got-what-he-wanted-intl-cmd/index.html</ref> Biden ordered vital military aid to Ukraine to be withheld.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/18/white-house-ukraine-military-lethal-weapons-495169</ref>--> | | President Donald Trump was impeached under the false pretense of withholding military assistance from Ukraine, which in fact he never did. Prior to Biden's moves to appease Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Biden's widely criticized meeting with the Russian leader in Geneva in June 2021,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/16/europe/vladimir-putin-met-joe-biden-and-got-what-he-wanted-intl-cmd/index.html</ref> Biden ordered vital military aid to Ukraine to be withheld.<ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/18/white-house-ukraine-military-lethal-weapons-495169</ref>--> |
| | ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported on June 25, 2022: | | ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported on June 25, 2022: |
| | {{quotebox-float|"[[C.I.A.]] personnel have continued to operate in the country secretly, mostly in the capital, Kyiv, directing much of the vast amounts of intelligence the United States is sharing with Ukrainian forces...a few dozen commandos from other NATO countries, including Britain, France, Canada and Lithuania, also have been working inside Ukraine....commandos from these allies either remained or have gone in and out of the country since then, training and advising Ukrainian troops and providing an on-the-ground conduit for weapons and other aid...their presence in the country — on top of the diplomatic staff members who returned after Russia gave up its siege of Kyiv — hints at the scale of the secretive effort to assist Ukraine that is underway and the risks that Washington and its allies are taking....commandos are not on the front lines with Ukrainian troops and instead advise from headquarters in other parts of the country or remotely by encrypted communications...the signs of their stealthy logistics, training and intelligence support are tangible on the battlefield....Ukrainian commanders recently expressed appreciation to the United States for intelligence gleaned from satellite imagery, which they can call up on tablet computers provided by the allies. The tablets run a battlefield mapping app that the Ukrainians use to target and attack Russian troops."<ref>https://archive.ph/IJ9yI</ref>}} | | {{quotebox-float|"[[C.I.A.]] personnel have continued to operate in the country secretly, mostly in the capital, Kyiv, directing much of the vast amounts of intelligence the United States is sharing with Ukrainian forces...a few dozen commandos from other NATO countries, including Britain, France, Canada and Lithuania, also have been working inside Ukraine....commandos from these allies either remained or have gone in and out of the country since then, training and advising Ukrainian troops and providing an on-the-ground conduit for weapons and other aid...their presence in the country — on top of the diplomatic staff members who returned after Russia gave up its siege of Kyiv — hints at the scale of the secretive effort to assist Ukraine that is underway and the risks that Washington and its allies are taking....commandos are not on the front lines with Ukrainian troops and instead advise from headquarters in other parts of the country or remotely by encrypted communications...the signs of their stealthy logistics, training and intelligence support are tangible on the battlefield....Ukrainian commanders recently expressed appreciation to the United States for intelligence gleaned from satellite imagery, which they can call up on tablet computers provided by the allies. The tablets run a battlefield mapping app that the Ukrainians use to target and attack Russian troops."<ref>https://archive.ph/IJ9yI</ref>}} |