Woodward told how Biden and Zelensky reacted to the first information about Russia's plans to invade Ukraine.

In October 2021, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and CIA Director William Burns provided US President Joe Biden and his advisors with intelligence on Russia's plans to invade Ukraine, according to journalist Bob Woodward. According to Woodward's new book "War", Burns stated the intelligence community's unanimous conclusion regarding Putin's plans to invade Ukraine.

US intelligence reported Russia's preparations for a military operation with the massive involvement of 175,000 troops. Secretary of State Blinken expressed impressions of the detailed intelligence and called Russia's plan a "globally disruptive event".

This is the unanimous conclusion of the intelligence community that Putin plans to invade Ukraine.

Some of Biden's advisors expressed doubts about the logic of such a move by Putin. Deputy National Security Advisor John Finer asked whether Putin understood the obstacles and emphasized that Ukraine is not going to give up its sovereignty.

Does Putin understand the obstacles? Ukraine is not just going to give up its sovereignty and let Putin take power.

Despite initial skepticism, Biden and his cabinet unanimously agreed that the Russian war plan was "deadly serious".

Woodward's book also reveals how the US predicted the course of a possible war. US intelligence assumed that Russia planned to take control of the entire territory of Ukraine, remove President Zelensky, and control the capital Kiev.

According to Woodward's book, Putin finally went mad over the "Ukrainian issue" during the COVID isolation.