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US intelligence expects slower pace of Ukraine war to continue

Ukrainian troops with the 24th Mechanised Brigade of King Danylo sit next to a fire to stave off the bitter cold as they wait for coordinates to strike a Russian military target near Bakhmut in Ukraine, on December 3, 2022 [Leah Millis/Reuters]

The slowed pace of fighting in Ukraine is set to continue over the next several months and the United States sees no evidence that Ukraine’s will to resist Russia has diminished, despite Moscow’s crippling attacks on the Ukrainian power grid, a senior US intelligence official said.

Avril Haines, director of national intelligence in the Biden administration, also said on Saturday that she believed Russian President Vladimir Putin had been surprised that his military had not achieved more in its war on Ukraine.

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