US special operations team working out of embassy in Ukraine: Sources
A small U.S. military special operations team has been working at the embassy in Ukraine, officials said. A small U.S. military special operations team has been based at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv since early in the war in Ukraine that began in February 2022, according to a former and a current U.S official. Both officials stressed to ABC News on Wednesday that the U.S. military team does not go out on the front lines with Ukrainian troops and only operates out of the U.S. Embassy. Among several duties this team provides is security for VIPs and intelligence assistance to Ukrainian Special Operations Forces, according to the current U.S. official. The official stressed that they are not on the front lines and they are not accompanying Ukrainian troops in Ukraine. The U.S. Embassy resumes its work after a three-month break due to the Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 18, 2022. Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images The former U.S. official told ABC N...