Putin has not yet changed his plans for Ukraine - US intelligence
The most likely option is that Russia will be mired in conflict with little success.
This is reported by the publication "Ukrainian Truth" with reference to Reuters.
We continue to be in a situation where we look at Putin and believe that he has essentially the same political goals that he had before, that is, he wants to take over most of Ukraine," Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes said during a press conference. US Department of Commerce conference on Tuesday.
American intelligence has three options for the development of events in the war between Russia and Ukraine. She considers the most likely scenario of a mired conflict, in which the Russian Federation will achieve only minor gains.
Other scenarios are a large-scale Russian breakthrough or successful stabilization of the front line by Ukrainian forces, with possible but insignificant successes in the Kherson region and other settlements in southern Ukraine.
Overall, the Director of National Intelligence described the situation as bleak.
Artur Zayonts specialises in news from the frontline. A historian by education, Arthur has always sought to bring depth and context to his journalistic work.
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