Russian military officials are worried that an invasion of Ukraine would be more costly than Putin and his inner circle realise, according to communications intercepted by the US.
The Russians - who were described as 'intelligence and military operatives', some of them involved in the build-up near border - also worry an attack would be more difficult than anticipated amid uncertainty over exactly what the 'game plan' is and how it would be executed.
American officials revealed the intel just hours after a Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, 78 - a retired member of the Russian armed forces turned politician - issued a rare letter warning Putin against an attack on Ukraine, accusing him of whipping up an 'artificial' conflict to distract from his domestic problems.
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