The Hill: CIA director says US intelligence hasn't concluded Russia will invade Ukraine
CIA Director William Burns said on Monday that Russian military forces “could act in a very sweeping way” but U.S. intelligence agencies have yet to conclude decisively that Moscow will invade Ukraine.
“I would never underestimate President Putin’s risk appetite on Ukraine,” Burns said at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit.
“We don’t know that Putin has made up his mind to use force,” he added. “But what we do know is that he’s putting the Russian military, Russian security services in a place where they could act in a very sweeping way.”
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Update #1: CIA Chief Says Intelligence Agencies Haven’t Concluded Russia Will Invade Ukraine (WSJ)
Update #2: CIA Chief Warns Putin Has High ‘Risk Appetite’ on Ukraine (Bloomberg)
WNU Editor: What's my assessment. The ball is really in Kiev's court. Unless Ukraine launches a major attack against Crimea and the Donbass, Russia will not invade Ukraine.