TheintelligenceleadersemphasizedthatLondonandWashingtonareunitedin"resistingamoreassertiveRussiaandPutin’saggressivewarinUkraine."
MooreandBurnswritethattheyhadpredictedinadvancethatafull-scaleRussianinvasionofUkrainewouldtakeplace.Accordingtothem,they“wereabletowarntheinternationalcommunity,”inpartbydeclassifyingsecretstoassistKyiv.
Theynotedworkbeingdoneto“disruptRussia’srecklesscampaignofsabotage”acrossEuropeandpushedforade-escalationintheconflictintheMiddleEast.
Inaddition,intelligenceagenciesarefightingterrortothwarttheresurgentIslamicState.
BurnsemphasizedthatUkraine’srecentseizureofRussianterritoryintheKurskregionwasa“significanttacticalvictory.”Still,hesawnoevidencethatRussianPresidentVladimirPutin’sgriponpowerwasweakening.
MilitarnyipreviouslyreportedwithreferencetothewordsofCIADirectorWilliamBurnsthatinthefirstyearofRussia’sfull-scaleinvasionofUkraine,therewasagenuineriskthatRussiawouldhaveusedtacticalnuclearweapons.
