自战争初期以来，一个小型美国军事特别行动小组一直驻扎在基辅的美国大使馆在乌克兰据一名前任和一名现任美国官员称，这始于2022年2月。
这两名官员周三对美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)强调，美国军事小组不会与乌克兰军队一起前往前线，只会在美国大使馆外开展行动。
据这位现任美国官员称，该团队的几项职责包括为贵宾提供安全保护，以及为乌克兰特种作战部队提供情报协助。这名官员强调，他们不在前线，也没有在乌克兰陪同乌克兰军队。
这位前美国官员告诉美国广播公司新闻，除了协助监督美国向乌克兰运送的设备和物资，该小组还协助乌克兰军事规划人员开展行动，导致数百人(如果不是数千人的话)俄罗斯军队伤亡。
去年11月，五角大楼首次披露了在美国驻基辅大使馆工作的美国军事人员的存在。
但是这份资料表明，大概有特种作战部队被列入了38个显然高度之一机密文件似乎已经在互联网上泄露，并已被美国广播公司新闻审查。美国广播公司新闻还没有独立核实这些文件的真实性。
这份文件提到了2月下旬在乌克兰的14支美国特种作战部队，这是对在乌克兰拥有特种作战部队的其他北约国家的综合描述。
这份日期为2月28日的明显泄露的文件似乎列出了来自五个北约国家在乌克兰行动的总共97支特种作战部队，其中来自英国的人数最多，来自其他国家的人数与美国队相当。
这份据称被泄露的文件还指出，有更多的美国军事人员在大使馆的国防武官办公室和国防合作办公室工作。
去年11月，五角大楼的最高发言人指出，美国军事人员在大使馆的存在有助于追究美国向乌克兰提供的数十亿军事援助的责任，并强调他们在乌克兰没有战斗角色。
“我们有美国军队在大使馆服务，作为国防武官办公室的一部分，这些人被分配到那里，”准将帕特·赖德在11月1日的新闻发布会上说。
赖德当时表示，“我们已经非常清楚，乌克兰没有作战部队，没有美军在乌克兰开展作战行动。”。“这些人员作为国防武官办公室的一部分，被指派进行安全合作和援助。”
US special operations team working out of embassy in Ukraine: Sources
A small U.S. military special operations team has been based at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv since early in the warin Ukrainethat 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 official stressed that they are not on the front lines and they are not accompanying Ukrainian troops in Ukraine.
The U.S. Embassy resumes its work after a three-month break due to the Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 18, 2022.
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The former U.S. official told ABC News that in addition to providing assistance with the oversight of U.S. equipment and supplies being sent to Ukraine, the team has assisted Ukrainian military planners with operations that have resulted in hundreds, if not thousands, of Russian military casualties.
The presence of U.S. military personnel working at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv was first disclosed by the Pentagon last November.
But the information that there are presumably special operations forces was included in one of the 38 apparently highlyclassified documentsthat appear to have been leaked on the internet and that have been reviewed by ABC News. ABC News has not independently verified the authenticity of these documents.
That document mentioned 14 U.S. special operations forces in Ukraine in late February in a round-up description of other NATO countries that had special operations forces inside Ukraine.
Dated to Feb. 28, the apparently leaked document seems to list a total of 97 special operations forces from five NATO countries operating in Ukraine with the highest number coming from the United Kingdom and numbers comparable to the U.S. team from other countries.
The purported leaked document also noted the presence of additional U.S. military personnel working at the embassy with the Defense Attaché's office and the Defense Cooperation Office.
Last November, the Pentagon's top spokesman noted the presence of U.S. military personnel at the embassy to help with the accountability of the billions of U.S. military assistance being provided to Ukraine and emphasized they were not in Ukraine in a combat role.
"We've had U.S. forces serving at the embassy as part of the Defense Attache Office, which is where these guys are assigned," Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said at a Nov. 1 press briefing.
"We've been very clear there are no combat forces in Ukraine, no US forces conducting combat operations in Ukraine," Ryder said at the time. "These are personnel that are assigned to conduct security cooperation and assistance as part of the Defense Attache Office."
