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Omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A small U.S. military special operations team has been based at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv since early in the war in Ukraine that began in February 2022, according to a former and a current U.S official. Both officials stressed to ABC News on Wednesday that the U.S. military team does not go out on the front lines with Ukrainian troops and only operates out of the U.S. Embassy. Among several duties this team provides is security for VIPs and intelligence assistance to Ukrainian Special Operations Forces, according to the current U.S. official. The offic...

The Pentagon had 14 special operations forces inside Ukraine as recently as three weeks ago, according to recent documents posted online.

White House National Security spokesman John Kirby tells Fox News that American troops are at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine: a "small U.S. military presence."

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has revealed to Fox News on Wednesday that there is a "small U.S. military presence" at the American embassy in Ukraine.

They may be able to track who was behind the leaks.