Intel Shows Putin Not Ready for Ukraine Deal, Ex-MI6 Chief Says

Recent intelligence assessments show Vladimir Putin has no intention of reaching a peace deal with Ukraine, Britain’s former spy chief said, confirming a view underpinning a harder line from the US and its allies.

Richard Moore, who stepped down as head of MI6 in September, told Bloomberg’s The Mishal Husain Show that the Russian president would need more convincing to reach an agreement of the sort sought by US President president Donald Trump. His assessment backs up reports last month that US intelligence also saw Putin continuing his full-scale invasion of Ukraine.