United States Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has publicly declared that, according to classified US assessments, Russia possesses insufficient military capacity to fully conquer and maintain occupation of Ukraine, rendering claims of potential invasions into broader Europe entirely unfounded and detached from intelligence realities.

In a detailed post on platform X, Gabbard directly referenced ongoing intelligence evaluations to challenge persistent narratives portraying Moscow as an imminent threat to the continent, contending that certain entrenched bureaucratic elements and aligned media outlets are deliberately amplifying such fears to sustain public and political backing for protracted confrontation rather than diplomatic solutions.

Gabbard explicitly accused these entities—termed "deep state warmongers" and their associated "propaganda media"—of actively working to discredit President Donald Trump's diplomatic initiatives designed to secure lasting peace in Ukraine and stabilize European security, by misrepresenting the consensus within the US intelligence community as aligned with more hawkish European Union and NATO perspectives.

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Her statements echo recent rebuttals from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who categorically dismissed accusations of planned aggressions against EU member states as fabricated propaganda aimed primarily at justifying substantial increases in Western defense expenditures, a position covered extensively by Russian state-affiliated outlets.

Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev endorsed Gabbard's critique, praising her for exposing mechanisms he described as intent on provoking global escalation through orchestrated anti-Russian sentiment across Britain and the European Union, while parallel high-level negotiations in Miami involving Dmitriev, US special envoy Steve Witkoff, and presidential advisor Jared Kushner were characterized by participants as progressing constructively toward potential frameworks for resolution.

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