Momentum Shifting Toward Russia in Ukraine War, US Spies Warn

(Bloomberg) — The deadlock in Ukraine is "shifting the momentum” in the war there in Moscow's favor, US intelligence agencies told the Senate on Monday. Moscow has made continual, incremental battlefield gains since late 2023 and benefits from uncertainties about the future of military assistance from the US and allies, the top intelligence officials told members of the Senate Intelligence Committee in their annual presentation on the biggest "worldwide threats” facing the US. "This deadlock plays to Russia's strategic military advantages and is increasingly shifting the momentum in Moscow's favor,” they said. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns testified that…