According to Woodward, Harris strongly urged Zelensky to prepare for potential critical situations arising from the escalating threat from Russia. She emphasized the necessity of devising a continuity plan that would enable the country to continue functioning in a crisis, even if the president were to be captured or killed. This request was part of broader U.S. efforts to prepare Ukraine for possible aggression from the Russian Federation.
The journalist also notes that the U.S. Vice President attempted to influence French President Emmanuel Macron in the fall of 2021. Harris aimed to draw his attention to the growing military threat from Russia, based on intelligence data from the United States. At that time, U.S. intelligence had already warned of the potential onset of large-scale military actions by Russia against Ukraine, and Macron's actions could have helped avert a disaster.
Let’s recall, Zelensky has changed his views on the plan to end the war: insiders have learned what is being prepared.