Quote Originally Posted by davidbfpo View Post
From The Daily Beast:

Link:http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...s-in-kiev.html

There are only ten photos, minus any context of the building, but an early post linked to a long YouTube clip of armed men with such armbands IIRC.

Not sure if I'd be 100% certain the Ukrainian Alfa (Alpha?) were Russian-trained. The Ukraine has been independent for over twenty years and capable of training its own CT unit.
David, the US and the Brits always offer to train special forces and Presidential Guards probably more as a means to gain intel of key members and collect general intel on capabilities etc than anything else. No doubt the Russians play the same game.