The report indicates that senior Chinese officials had some knowledge of Russia’s war plans or intentions before the invasion began last week, The New York Times reported. The information about the exchange between the Chinese and Russian officials was secret. They were collected by “a Western intelligence agency” and deemed credible by the officials reviewing the information, the paper said.
In Western government circles, the findings in the report were shared in the context of discussions about a possible Russian attack on Ukraine, according to The New York Times. Nevertheless, different intelligence agencies had different interpretations, and it is also not clear how “widely” the findings were shared, the paper said.