The Intercept reported that the US withdrew its CIA and special operations assets from Ukraine shortly before Russia's invasion, although one US official said the CIA "never completely left." The CIA initially predicted that Kyiv would fall quickly to Russia, but after it became clear that wouldn't happen, the Biden administration sent its covert assets back into Ukraine.
The report said that US clandestine operations inside Ukraine are now far more extensive than they were early in the war.
- Several current and former intelligence officials said that there is a much larger presence of both CIA and US special operations personnel and resources in Ukraine than there were at the time of the Russian invasion in February.
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