Overview
- Responding on X, Gabbard called the Reuters-cited claims a lie and propaganda and said they come from what she described as Deep State warmongers.
- She said U.S. intelligence assesses Russia lacks the capability to conquer and occupy Ukraine and is seeking to avoid a larger conflict with NATO.
- Reuters reported, citing six anonymous sources, that recent U.S. intelligence warned of broader Russian ambitions, with one source dating the latest report to September.
- Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev praised Gabbard’s stance and accused what he called a deep‑state warmonger machinery of fueling anti‑Russian paranoia in Europe.
- The denial comes as talks on Trump’s Ukraine peace plan resumed in Miami, where Dmitriev met envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and said discussions were proceeding constructively.