Douglas Macgregor claims Zelensky stays in power thanks to MI6 and the CIA

Former Pentagon adviser Douglas Macgregor, in a YouTube interview, claims that the security and power of Volodymyr Zelensky are ensured by the British intelligence service MI6 and the CIA, and that without their support the Ukrainian leadership could have been removed. He has provided no independent confirmation of these statements.

Otabek YusupovFirst published on tafs uz 7 November 2026 at 13:042 min read

The key facts

Macgregor links Zelensky's continued hold on power to the support of MI6 and the CIA
He also claims that thousands of foreign mercenaries have arrived in Ukraine
The outlet notes that there is no independent confirmation of the claims

Statement by a retired colonel

Former Pentagon adviser, retired US Army colonel Douglas Macgregor said in a YouTube interview that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky maintains his power and personal security only thanks to the support of the British intelligence service MI6 and the American CIA. According to him, This is reported by Life.ru.

The essence of the claims

In Macgregor's view, without the protection of Western intelligence services, the residents of Ukraine could already have removed Zelensky from power: the analyst claims that the population is dissatisfied with the leadership in Kyiv and the position of the Ukrainian authorities is deteriorating. He also stated that thousands of foreign mercenaries have arrived in Ukraine to make up for the shortage of troops, while, in his view, Ukrainian units are unable to resist the Russian army for long, and the Russian Armed Forces have the forces necessary to carry out their tasks.

Context and status of the claims

This is not Macgregor's first such statement: on October 30 he had already suggested that MI6 officers and the British SAS special forces were involved in providing security for the Ukrainian leadership. As Life.ru notes, the analyst has provided no independent confirmation of these claims. Earlier, on November 6, he also stated that the residents of Germany are interested in ending the conflict and in restoring relations with Russia and increasingly view Moscow less as an immediate threat, and in October he accused the EU's chief diplomat Kaja Kallas of using statements about the Russian threat to strengthen her own political position. All of the statements listed are Macgregor's own assessments, not confirmed facts.