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Ukraine’s offensive has triggered doubts in Russian elite: spy chiefs

CIA director Bill Burns said Kursk was “a significant tactical achievement” that had boosted Ukrainian morale and exposed Russia’s weaknesses. MI6 chief Richard Moore calls it “a typically audacious move”.

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London | Ukraine’s Kursk offensive has dented Vladimir Putin’s war narrative and triggered “questions” among the Russian elite about the point of the war, two of the world’s leading spy chiefs have said.

CIA director Bill Burns said Kursk was “a significant tactical achievement” that had boosted Ukrainian morale and exposed Russia’s weaknesses. It has “raised questions … across the Russian elite about where is this all headed”, he said.

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