EXCLUSIVE: A Russian spy unit secretly offered bounties to militants in Afghanistan for killing American troops, U.S. intelligence officials found. Trump and White House have known for months, but not authorized any response. w/ @EricSchmittNYT@mschwirtzhttps://t.co/o5NKTRDE8h
American intelligence officials say that a Russian assassination unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan. The Trump Administration has been aware of this for months, but has not yet responded https://t.co/ZjUUTOKFMX
Here's a primer on Unit 29155, the Russian military intelligence outfit American intelligence officials now say paid Taliban-connected militants to kill US troops in Afghanistan https://t.co/qrbQFD7VKz
We matched @nytimes great reporting on how US intel has assessed that Russians paid Taliban to target US, coalition forces in Afg which is a pretty stunning development. Me and @wstrobelhttps://t.co/qrO7pp4TW2
Baseless and anonymous accusations [published by @nytimes] of Moscow as mastermind behind killing of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan have already led to direct threats to the life of employees of the Russian Embassies in Washington D.C. and London.@StateDeptDSShttps://t.co/oPoFZRvq3Wpic.twitter.com/RMDVBXJynW
— Russian Embassy in USA 🇷🇺 (@RusEmbUSA) June 27, 2020
