MYSTERY SOLVED! CIA’s Burns 7/1/23: Putin’s war a strategic failure; military weakness laid bare https://cia.gov/static/62739354dfed5cc1942997d3f1899d94/DCIA-Ditchley-Remarks-01-July-2023.pdf
Biden 7/13/23: Putin has already lost the war https://cnn.com/2023/07/13/politics/joe-biden-nordic-summit-helsinki/index.html
Burns just parroted what Zelensky told him in June. Still pals? https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-meets-with-cia-director-in-kyiv/