“One military agency was preparing the usually-secret prisoner swap. Another military agency in a no-less-secret mode moved a Patriot or something similar to the Russian border because it knew that something big and heavy was flying beyond it. And as soon as they saw [the Il-76 plane] on their monitors, it didn't occur to anyone to call Kyiv and ask whether a prisoner swap was in the works and could [the prisoners] be on that plane.”
26 Jan 2024
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