During the negotiations with the Director of the Defence Intelligence Agency Robert Ashley, the leadership of the Central Intelligence Agency and the high officials of the U.S. intelligence community, Colonel General Vasyl Burba put emphasis on Russia’s aggressive and provocative actions in the occupied territories of Ukraine and in the region of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

In the course of the meeting, the Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine discussed with American colleagues irrefutable evidences of further intentions of the Russian Federation to destabilize situation in Ukraine, in European countries and in other regions of the world.

According to the results of the meeting, a number of agreements regarding the cooperation and assistance of the American side in strengthening capabilities of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine to counter Russian armed aggression was reached.