At this stage, Washington does not see opportunities for the conclusion of the Russian Federation and Ukraine of a peaceful agreement, said US National Intelligence Director Everyl Haynes.
“We do not see the opportunity for both parties to come to a peace agreement at this stage. I think now it is obvious to everyone,” Haynes said on the forum in Washington, her statements commented on TASS.
The head of the US National Intelligence was asked about the possibility of resolving the situation of the Ukrainian to Ukraine by the end of this year, provided that the parties hold the current positions. “I believe that from the point of view of the intelligence community, the question is whether he (Russian President Vladimir Putin – approx. TASS) will be considered a victory. … It seems to me that it means what you mean by victory. Here, by My view is likely that he will accept some temporary agreement as an opportunity to take a pause and recover. … I do not think that we … will see the final point in this stage from his point of view. In other words, he is according to “It still retains wider ambitions and will strive to pursue them over time,” Haines said in response.
At the same time, in her opinion, Moscow will need to change its strategy in order to be able to achieve the sets of the so -called “special operation”.
Reuters writes that according to Haynes, the US intelligence services consider three possible scenarios of the development of events in the near future and consider the most likely protracted conflict, in which the troops of the Russian Federation will achieve only minor successes. Two more possible, according to intelligence, script: large progress of the Russian Federation; The success of Ukraine in stabilizing the front line when achieving “small” successes in the south of the country, possibly in the Kherson area or other cities occupied now.
How Hines summed up, “the picture remains rather gloomy.”