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Only the U.S. and UK intelligence services (CIA and SIS) were initially convinced that Russian invasion of Ukraine was coming; most other European allies mainly thought it was a bluff

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Speaker

William Burns

Evidence Quote

“it was really only us and and you know and sis our UK counterparts who were convinced that innovasion was coming most of the rest of our European allies for whom I also have great respect you know mainly thought it was a bluff”

Source

CIA DIRECTOR GETS CANDID ABOUT TODAYS GLOBAL CHALLENGES | THE CIPHER BRIEF— The Cipher Brief
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:52:03 PM

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