onthedarkside Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — The question was posed in a private briefing to U.S. intelligence officials weeks before Russia launched its invasion in late February: Was Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, made in the mold of Britain’s Winston Churchill or Afghanistan’s Ashraf Ghani? In other words, would Zelenskyy lead a historic resistance or flee while his government collapsed? Ultimately, U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated Zelenskyy and Ukraine while overestimating Russia and its president, even as they accurately predicted Vladimir Putin would order an invasion. But Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, did not fall in a few days, as the the United States had expected. And while American spy agencies have been credited with supporting Ukraine's resistance, they now face bipartisan pressure to review what they got wrong beforehand — especially after their mistakes in judging Afghanistan last year. (more) https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/american-spy-agencies-review-their-misses-on-ukraine-russia/ar-AAY4SPd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy 696 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Shocking error by various agencies, so slow unforgivably slow to get all aid possible to Mr Zelensky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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