February 7, 2022
BECAUSE UKRAINE WOULD WIN:
US intel indicates Russian officers have had doubts about full scale Ukraine invasion (Natasha Bertrand, Jim Sciutto and Katie Bo Lillis, February 7, 2022, CNN)
Intercepted communications obtained by the US have revealed that some Russian officials have worried that a large-scale invasion of Ukraine would be costlier and more difficult than Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin leaders realize, according to four people familiar with the intelligence.Three of the sources said those officials include intelligence and military operatives.The officials have also grumbled about their plans being discovered and exposed publicly by western nations, two of the sources said, citing the intercepted communications.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 7, 2022 11:58 AM