Building for Change Podcast - Is This Normal?

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We haven't had a war where the us. Is funnelling billions of dollars publicly, and there are no us on the ground right? We're sending even more money there, but we have troops fighting. And so when the arakes were planning their operations, they did it in consultation with the us Government. Every move the araki made was reviewed by the us, prompted by the us. The implications of that are massive for the united states. All the ray back, business leaders are currently standing on the precipice of the biggest fundamental shift that we have seen in decades.

In the nearly four months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States has been giving officials in Kyiv a steady stream of intelligence to aid them in the fight.

But what is becoming clear is that the Ukrainians are not returning the favor.

Guest: Julian E. Barnes, a national security reporter for The New York Times covering the intelligence agencies.

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American intelligence agencies know far more about Russia’s military than about Ukraine’s war strategy, officials say.
The outcome of battles for key cities in eastern Ukraine could prompt the country’s Western allies to start rethinking their goals.

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