{"id":320557,"date":"2026-02-24T18:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-the-cia-and-mi6-uncovered-putins-war-plans-and-why-many-did-not-believe-them\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T18:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:01:35","slug":"how-the-cia-and-mi6-uncovered-putins-war-plans-and-why-many-did-not-believe-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-the-cia-and-mi6-uncovered-putins-war-plans-and-why-many-did-not-believe-them\/","title":{"rendered":"How the CIA and MI6 uncovered Putin&#8217;s war plans and why many did not believe them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/kn48s20IYhE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How the CIA and MI6 uncovered Putin's war plans and why many did not believe them\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kn48s20IYhE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders, the Guardian&#8217;s Shaun Walker details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin\u2019s plans to invade, and why most of Europe \u2013 including the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy \u2013 dismissed them. <\/p>\n<p> A war foretold:how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin\u2019s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders, the Guardian&#8217;s Shaun Walker details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin\u2019s plans to invade, and why most of Europe \u2013 including the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy \u2013 dismissed them. 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