31. Putin’s War: The Secret Plot to Invade Ukraine (Ep 1)

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Goalhanger

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4.6 • 732 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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How did western intelligence services learn of Putin's plan to invade Ukraine? 2021 is drawing to a close and the CIA is becoming increasingly concerned that Putin is going to invade Ukraine. He's made it clear he sees it as part of Russia and so Bill Burns, CIA director, is going to be sent out to Moscow in a desperate attempt to dissuade him. Listen as Gordon and David break down the run up to the war and CIA attempts to stop it. ------------------- Order a signed edition of David's latest book, The Seventh Floor, via this link. ------------------- Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ www.nordvpn.com/restisclassified It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee! Email: [email protected] Twitter: @triclassified Assistant Producer: Becki Hills Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:53.8	We still believe that Russia is poised to go much further in launching a massive military attack against Ukraine.
1:55.3	Hope we're wrong about that.
1:56.5	But Russia has only escalated its threat against the rest of Ukrainian territory,
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