Including Russia's plans to use the airport in Gostomel as a springboard to attack the capital.
In mid-January, the United States handed over to the top leadership of Ukraine intelligence about the impending Russian attack , including detailed plans for an attack on Kiev by Belarus, according to The Wall Street Journal.
CIA Director William Burns secretly visited Kyiv and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky . “The CIA director passed on information that helped Ukraine a lot in the first days of the war,” the report said.
Burns said that the Russians plan to attack Kyiv by the shortest route: from the territory of neighboring Belarus through the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
“He warned that Russian forces plan to seize the Antonov airport in Gostomel and use it to transfer troops to capture Kiev,” the journalists added.
According to them, during this visit, Burns also confirmed that the goal of the Russian “special operation” was to change the government in the country to a loyal pro-Russian one .
The United States began to increase military assistance to Ukraine in October 2021, after discussing intelligence data. According to US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes , the Russians' preparations for the attack were to be completed in late January.
The information was passed on by the leaders of Western governments, but many of them did not believe until the last moment that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin would decide to attack Ukraine.
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