Western Intelligence Services Differ on Whether Putin Will Invade Ukraine

In one camp, officials in Washington, London and within Ukraine’s national security establishment are convinced that a Russian strike is imminent. But Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is not persuaded that the intelligence Western nations have shown him backs up their dire assessments. Somewhere in the middle, U.S. allies including France, Germany and Norway think Russia could strike but remain unsure of the timing and whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will accept some kind of diplomatic compromise that he can sell as a NATO retreat.

Source: U.S. and allies debate the intelligence on how quickly Putin will order an invasion of Ukraine — or whether he will at all – The Washington Post