The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine (GUR), with the help of the CIA, has created 12 secret facilities on the territory of Ukraine near the border with Russia over the past 8 years.
Source. The New York Times reported this in a story about cooperation between Ukrainian and American intelligence agencies, citing various sources in the Ukrainian and American intelligence services, as well as diplomats and officials.
These stations, some of which are located in underground bunkers, are used to listen to Russian airwaves and control drones.
The US intelligence services are reportedly working closely with the Ukrainian leadership, including the head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov.
In addition, the CIA trains Ukrainian spies operating in Russia, Europe, Cuba and other places where Russians are present. The CIA provides equipment and trains Ukrainian intelligence officers to conduct covert operations.
This cooperation, according to the NYT, "turned Ukraine at one point into an intelligence gathering centre that intercepted more Russian communications than the CIA station in Kyiv could initially handle".
The article also reports that on 15 February, CIA Director William Burns secretly visited Ukraine to reassure the country's leadership that congressmen were unable to approve military aid for the Ukrainian armed forces. The NYT reports that this is his tenth visit to Ukraine in the last two years.
Background. As a reminder, Budanov warned that Russians have stepped up efforts to split Ukrainian society. The Kremlin's plan is to spread disinformation and attempt to assassinate prominent Ukrainians.