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?
told lawmakers in May that the National Intelligence Council would review how the agencies assess both"will to fight" and"capacity to fight." Both issues are"quite challenging to provide effective analysis on, and we’re looking at different methodologies for doing so," Haines said.
A man carries water in front of an apartment building damaged in an overnight missile strike, in Sloviansk, Ukraine, May 31, 2022. Sue Gordon, the former principal deputy director of national intelligence, said analysts may have relied too much on counting Russia's inventory of military and cyber tools.
For Zelenskyy, before the war there were tensions, too, with Washington about the likelihood of a Russian invasion and whether Ukraine was prepared. One flashpoint, according to people familiar with the dispute, was that the U.S. wanted Ukraine to move forces from its west to bolster defenses around Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions during a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 23, 2022.
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