Members of the US Congress accused local intelligence agencies of erroneous predictions about the course of the war in Ukraine. The result of pressure from the authorities was a large-scale internal audit in the US intelligence community.

The Senate Intelligence Committee sent a secret letter to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Defense and the CIA on May 10, according to CNN, citing its own sources.. It noted that these bodies underestimated the capabilities of the Ukrainian army in confrontation with the Russian Federation, giving the latter 3-4 days to take Kyiv. According to members of the Senate, the methodology of the intelligence services is not effective and needs reform.

According to the source, some officials are also not satisfied that the “whales” of the intelligence community did not take into account forecasts from the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, a small intelligence agency within the State Department.. It turned out that its members predicted the development of events in Ukraine much more accurately, but no one listened to them.. Critics believe that if the United States had provided military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine earlier, this would have significantly changed the balance of power on the battlefield..

In addition, it is reported that the US intelligence community is also conducting an internal investigation due to erroneous forecasts regarding the situation in Afghanistan.. According to preliminary data, the US overestimated the strength of the Afghan army in the confrontation with the Taliban.

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Earlier it was reported that Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with a delegation of the US Senate in Kyiv.

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