The Incomplete Picture of the War in Ukraine

<p>In the nearly four months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United States has been giving officials in Kyiv a steady stream of intelligence to aid them in the fight.</p><p>But what is becoming clear is that the Ukrainians are not returning the favor.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/julian-e-barnes">Julian E. Barnes</a>, a national security reporter for The New York Times covering the intelligence agencies.</p><p>Want more from The Daily? For one big idea on the news each week from our team, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>American intelligence agencies<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/08/us/politics/ukraine-war-us-intelligence.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> know far more about Russia’s military</a> than about Ukraine’s war strategy, officials say.</li><li>The outcome of battles for key cities in eastern Ukraine could prompt the country’s Western allies to start<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-eu.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> rethinking their goals</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit </p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a></p><p>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>