Among the biggest revelations is that the program was established a decade ago and spans three different American presidents. The Times says the CIA program to modernize Ukraine's intelligence services has "transformed" the former Soviet state and its capabilities into "Washington’s most important intelligence partners against the Kremlin today."This has included the agency having secretly trained and equipped Ukrainian intelligence officers spanning back to just after the 2014 #Maidan coup events, as well constructing a network of 12 secret bases along the Russian border—work which began eight years ago.
