Russian invasion unproven, Czech president: CIA’s latest blunder

PRAGUE – President Czech Republic Milos Zeman lashes out at the community intelligence United States of America (USA) for their claim that Russia will attack Ukraine which has so far failed to materialize.

“It adds to their track record of making wrong predictions about important events,” he said in an interview published by the MF DNES newspaper.

“The first was in Iraq, where no weapons of mass destruction were found. The second was in Afghanistan, when they claimed that the Taliban would never conquer Kabul. And the third is now,” explained the President as quoted from Russia TodayThursday (17/2/2022).

The politician referred to the US justification for the 2003 invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein and the assessment that the US-backed Afghan national government would be able to defend against the militant Taliban movement after the scheduled withdrawal of foreign troops. On both counts, American intelligence was horribly wrong.

Washington has warned for months that Russia is preparing a military invasion of Ukraine, and for weeks has claimed that an attack is imminent. Some Western media went a step further and referred to Tuesday or Wednesday of this week as the days when Russia could attack Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky, who otherwise voiced skepticism about the Russian threat, made Wednesday a holiday to celebrate Ukraine’s national unity.

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Russia has denied having any aggressive plans for Ukraine since the allegations were first announced in November 2021.

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