 British and Polish special forces secretly operated in Ukraine. British special forces operators were embedded with Ukrainian troops. In the early days of the conflict, declassified UK reported, citing the newly published book by Polish journalist Zbigniew Parafianowicz. Parafianowicz is the Ukraine correspondent for the Polish daily Zinnik-Gazeta Prana. His latest work, Poland at War, examines Warsaw's role in the neighbouring conflict. According to declassified, at one point a Polish government minister who is not named told Parafianowicz about a time in March 2022 when he was traveling with Kiev to Zitomir. It was a time when the Russians were still standing in Bukha and the route was a grey zone. It was possible to run into Russians. We passed the last checkpoint. The Ukrainians told us that we continue at our own risk. The unnamed minister reportedly said, well, and who did we meet next? Ukrainian soldiers and British special forces uniformed with weapons. According to Parafianowicz's source, the British and the Ukrainians worked together driving around the countryside with artillery tracking radars learning about this war. The same official also said that Polish special forces based in Lublin had been in Brovary, a suburb of Kiev on the first day of the hostilities. The Poles, along with Americans, had been training the Ukrainian special forces since 2014, the minister said. According to Parafianowicz, Britain's special air service had trained President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's security detail as well. Another source identified only as a high-ranking Polish officer said that these commandos did not return to Poland but went in the opposite direction to Karkov and parts of Donbas controlled by Ukrainians. They cooperated with the British, the officer said. Later he worked out a formula for our presence in Ukraine. We were simply sent on paid leave. Politicians pretended not to see this.