Israelis are not the only civilians hearing air raid sirens. They’re heard daily in Ukraine’s cities as well. Both nations are carrying the battle to their adversaries. For Israel, it’s Hamas and other Islamist terrorists, who have the backing of Iran, and by proxy, Russia. Ukraine is going right to the source.
A US-supplied Patriot missile battery helps protect Ukrainian civilians. Israel’s Iron Dome system has been effective against Hamas rockets. (YouTube)
Ukraine’s intelligence and special ops agencies have grown increasingly bold in taking the war to Russia itself, with assassinations, sabotage, and drone attacks well inside their adversary’s territory—even Moscow—with, according to a recent report in The Washington Post, the somewhat jittery support of CIA bosses.
In light of all that, we thought it was time to catch up on intelligence ops related to Ukraine and Russia—and Iran and Israel, as Gaza burns. And to that end, we’ve invited back our old friend John Sipher, a former top Russia hand at the CIA.
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