Washington: The US director of national intelligence stated on Sunday that the US intelligence community does not believe Russia possesses the capability to conquer Europe or even Ukraine.

According to Anadolu Agency, Tulsi Gabbard made these remarks in a post on US social media platform X. Her comments were in response to various reports suggesting that the US intelligence community supports the European Union and NATO’s views that Russia intends to invade or conquer Europe.

Gabbard criticized what she referred to as ‘deep state warmongers and their propaganda media’ for attempting to undermine US President Donald Trump’s efforts to achieve peace in Ukraine and Europe. She accused these groups of spreading false narratives to bolster support for pro-war policies.

“Deep State warmongers and their Propaganda Media are again trying to undermine President Trump’s efforts to bring peace to Ukraine-and indeed Europe-by falsely claiming that the ‘US intelligence community’ agrees to and supports EU/NATO viewpoint that Russia’s aim is to invade/conquer Europe (in order to gin up support for their pro-war policies),” Gabbard stated in her post.

Gabbard emphasized that such claims are crafted to generate public support for escalating the conflict. She further clarified, “The truth is that US intelligence assesses that Russia does not even have the capability to conquer and occupy Ukraine, what to speak of ‘invading and occupying’ Europe.”