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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

American spy agencies review their misses on Ukraine, Russia

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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?

In other words, would Zelenskyy lead a historic resistance or flee while his government collapsed?

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