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==GUR as a branch of CIA==

==GUR as a branch of CIA==

{{See also|Central Intelligence Agency#Maidan regime}}

{{See also|Central Intelligence Agency#Maidan regime}}

[[File:Budanov.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[Kyrylo Budanov]].<ref>https://kurtnimmo.substack.com/p/ukraines-intelligence-boss-predicts</ref> By May 2023, this person was considered to be the top [[Nazi]] on the Russian Investigative Committees' most wanted list for [[terrorist]] activities.]]

[[File:Budanov.PNG|right|250px|thumb|[[Kyrylo Budanov]].<ref>https://kurtnimmo.substack.com/p/ukraines-intelligence-boss-predicts</ref> By May 2023, this person was considered to be the top [[Nazi]] on the Russian Investigative Committees' most wanted list for [[terrorist]] activities.]]

''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported the [[CIA]] embarked on an ambitious project with the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine. From 2015 on, the CIA embarked on an extensive transformation of the GUR. With fewer than 5,000 employees, the GUR was a fraction of the size of the SBU and had a narrower focus on espionage and active measures operations against Russia. It also had a younger workforce with fewer holdovers from [[Soviet]] times, while the SBU was still perceived as penetrated by Russian intelligence. Some of the GUR’s new recruits were transfers from the SBU. Among them was Vasyl Burba, who had managed SBU Fifth Directorate operations before joining the GUR and serving as agency director from 2016 to 2020. Burba became such a close ally of the CIA that the CIA provided him an armored vehicle.

''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported the [[CIA]] embarked on an ambitious project with the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine. From 2015 on, the CIA embarked on an extensive transformation of the GUR. With fewer than 5,000 employees, the GUR was a fraction of the size of the SBU and had a narrower focus on espionage and active measures operations against Russia. It also had a younger workforce with fewer holdovers from [[Soviet]] times, while the SBU was still perceived as penetrated by Russian intelligence. Some of the GUR’s new recruits were transfers from the SBU. Among them was Vasyl Burba, who had managed SBU Fifth Directorate operations before joining the GUR and serving as agency director from 2016 to 2020. Burba became such a close ally of the CIA that the CIA provided him an armored vehicle.