The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States is reported to maintain 12 secret bases in Ukraine, aiding in tracking the movements of Russian armed forces and gathering crucial intelligence, according to The New York Times. “The listening post in the Ukrainian forest is part of a C.I.A.-supported network of spy bases constructed in the past eight years that includes 12 secret locations along the Russian border,” the NYT states. It is noted that around 2016, the American intelligence service began training an elite Ukrainian unit that captured Russian drones and communication equip…