Ukrainian spies snuck into Russia ahead of the invasion and found a lot of drunk Russian troops had traded supplies for alcohol: report

According to a new Washington Post report, Ukrainian spies were sent to Russia to spy on the Russian military in the days leading up to the invasion.

The Russians traded fuel and other supplies for booze. The Ukrainian official told the Post that a lot of them were drunk.

Russia moved forward even though it wasn't ready.

The Post's report, which relied heavily on a trove of sensitive materials gathered by Ukrainian officials and other security services, offers intricate details on Russian intelligence failures before the war.

According to the report, Russia began laying the groundwork for an invasion years ago in order to topple the government in the former Soviet republic.

It was thought that if Russia launched a military incursion, it would be able to defeat the Ukrainians in a few days.

The Ukrainian military put up a much stronger resistance than the Russians expected. The fight has been going on for nearly six months, with Russia making onlyIncremental Progress as the conflict has evolved into a grinding war of attrition.

The Russian military has suffered a lot of losses in the invasion.

According to the Post's report, Russia's primary spy agency bears most of the responsibility for the failed war plans.

According to reports, the Kremlin was offered misleadingly positive assessments by the FSB.

A senior Western security official told the Post that there was a lot of "wishy-washy" thinking going on. The Ukrainian government was thought to be in danger of being brought down quickly. According to the Post report, the officers of the FSB retreated from the city with the help of Russian troops.

According to previous reports, Putin got bad intel because his advisors were too scared to give him a negative assessment. Some people who have angered or displeased the Russian leader have died in violent or mysterious ways.

The US believes that Putin is being misled by his advisors about how badly the Russian military is performing and how the Russian economy is being crippled by sanctions because his senior advisors are too scared to tell him the truth.

The official said that "Putin didn't even know his military was using and losing conscripts inUkraine, showing a breakdown in the flow of accurate information to the Russian president."