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I suppose you could file this under the "rather obvious and nobody is surprised" category:

GRU officer Strelkov is in command of Slavyansk invaders

Quote:Ukraine’s Security Service has identified the leader of the Russian raiding party, which terrorizes the population of the town of Slavyansk.

The report comes from the institution’s press-service.

The leader of the subversives turned out to be a citizens of the Russian Federation, an officer of the Chief Intelligence Department (GRU) of the Chief Command of Russia’s Armed Forces Igor Strelkov.

CIA Director visits Kiev

Quote:The White House confirmed Monday that CIA Director John Brennan traveled to Kiev, Ukraine, in recent days as part of a longer trip to Europe.

Russian media reported Brennan's visit to Kiev this past weekend, raising suspicions about it.

Those suspicions are unwarranted, said White House spokesman Jay Carney, adding that Brennan was only meeting with intelligence counterparts in Ukraine.

White House spokesman Jay Carney made a statement about Brennan's visit:

"Well, we don't normally comment on the CIA director's travel, but given the extraordinary circumstances in this case, and the false claims being leveled by the Russians at the CIA, we can confirm that the director was in Kiev this weekend as part of a trip to Europe.