The Road to War

The Washington Post has a must-read piece on how the U.S. struggled to convince European allies — and Ukraine itself — that Russia was preparing an invasion.

“The U.S. intelligence community had penetrated multiple points of Russia’s political leadership, spying apparatus and military, from senior levels to the front lines, according to U.S. officials.”

“Much more radical than Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and instigation of a separatist movement in eastern Ukraine, Putin’s war plans envisioned a takeover of most of the country.”