Ukrainian soldier and military equipment on the road in Kramatorsk. Archive photoKHERSON, May 13.Almost two weeks before the start of the special operation in Ukraine, British officers were already working at the headquarters of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) in Kramatorsk and, together with employees of the Canadian private military company GardaWorld, were engaged in synchronizing intelligence received from NATO and Armed Forces intelligence facilities, Russian security officials told RIA Novosti with reference to their sources in the armed forces of Ukraine. «According to information received from sources in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a group of officers of the British military department was already present on the territory of Ukraine long before the start of hostilities. Thus, from February 11 to 14, accompanied by GardaWorld PMCs, British commanders carried out measures to synchronize technical intelligence received by NATO intelligence with the headquarters of the ATO group in Kramatorsk, where options for conducting hostilities against the Russian armed forces were considered,» the source said. under PMC GardaWorld is based in Canada, it has more than 120 thousand employees, many mercenaries previously served in the British intelligence services, the company has a large branch in London. jpg» />»Cannon fodder»: Western mercenaries complain about serving in UkraineSince the beginning of February 2022, the military of the DPR and LPR have repeatedly reported the arrival in the Donbass — in the war zone — of instructors and mercenaries from abroad, including from the UK, about their presence The British press also wrote there. In addition, RIA Novosti correspondents found documents in the liberated areas of Donbass that testify to the participation of the British military in the training of Ukrainian troops and national battalions. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the armed forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. By March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The agency called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation. What Ukrainian artillerymen did in Donbass
