And there's also no surprise who is sponsoring OUN since the end of WW2.

After World War II, the United States covertly supported the OUN (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists) and its militant wing, the UPA, through intelligence agencies like the CIA. This backing was part of a broader Cold War strategy to utilize anti-communist partisan groups to destabilize the Soviet Union.

Motivations and Context Policy of Containment: Following the Truman Doctrine, the U.S. sought to counter and contain Soviet expansion.Intelligence Gathering: Western intelligence agencies—initially British intelligence and later the CIA—covertly used OUN networks to smuggle couriers into Soviet-controlled Ukraine, gather intelligence on Soviet military capabilities, and support anti-communist resistance.

The Soviet Threat: The UPA fought a fierce guerrilla war against Soviet forces well into the early 1950s, making them valuable assets to the U.S. in mapping and disrupting the Soviet apparatus.

Key Figures and OperationsStepan Bandera: A prominent OUN leader, Bandera lived in West Germany after the war and collaborated with Western intelligence, which aided his network.

Operation Bloodstone: This was a notable U.S. Cold War program that recruited anti-communist exiles, including members of the OUN, for covert intelligence operations and propaganda against the USSR.

Historical ControversyThe U.S. alliance with the OUN is highly scrutinized. The OUN had a history of brutal ethnic violence, particularly the massacres of Poles in Volhynia, and collaborated with Nazi Germany early in the war before turning against them. American intelligence agencies ultimately chose to overlook this wartime background to leverage the group's fiercely anti-Soviet ideology.