BBC reports more classified US documents… Young 50, French 15, American 14
Recently leaked US Department of Defense documents have revealed that special forces from NATO member countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States and France, are operating in Ukraine.
According to the BBC and the Guardian on the 11th (local time), the US/NATO SOF in UK document, which is believed to have been drafted by the US Department of Defense on March 23, shows that Western forces stationed in Ukraine The size of the special forces is written.
Out of a total of 97 people, Britain sent the most special forces (50 people), followed by NATO countries Latvia (17 people), France (15 people), the United States (14 people), and the Netherlands (1 person). . The activity period is estimated to be from February to March.
In the meantime, there have been many speculations that Western special forces are operating in Ukraine, but this is the first time that it has been directly confirmed. However, the Pentagon documents did not mention where they were and what they were doing.
The size of the special forces forces deployed in Ukraine may have fluctuated, but their existence lends support to Russia’s assertion that “we are fighting NATO as well as Ukraine,” according to the BBC. Until now, the United States and NATO have maintained that they support Ukraine and are not at war with Russia.
According to The Guardian, British special forces consist of the Air Force Special Forces (SAS), the Marine Corps Special Operations Group (SBS), and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR). They are a British military secret organization that conducts camouflage operations and surveillance and reconnaissance operations, and unlike intelligence agencies, they are not supervised by external agencies or parliament. It is possible that Western special forces units are part of a special forces unit commanded by NATO headquarters, but exact details were not known, the Guardian said.
The UK Ministry of Defense did not comment on British special forces in Ukraine. However, regarding the leak of the Pentagon documents, he said on Twitter that “the contents of the reported classified documents are seriously inaccurate” and “we must be careful regarding taking claims that may be fake information at face value.”
