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At the same time, one of the publication's interlocutors said it is not surprising that the recording could have fallen into the hands of many agencies, "but extremely surprising that someone leaked it," as this could reveal a "productive intelligence window for any agency."

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but leaking the audio recording of the call is potentially an extremely dangerous step for any disgruntled employee.

Another former intelligence officer suggested that a European intelligence service, upset by Vitkoff's pro-Russian stance, might be behind the leak.

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the CIA and the National Security Agency. The article notes that there are many dissatisfied individuals within American intelligence services regarding the current administration's policy towards Ukraine and Russia,

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One former senior intelligence official believes it most likely that the call was intercepted by the Americans. According to him, there are two agencies capable of doing this:

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Moreover, the ability to trace a WhatsApp call outside Ukraine would be an "impressive technical achievement for Ukrainian agencies," the article says.

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of his cooperation with the Kremlin. But the journalists suggest that the risk of a catastrophic conflict with the Americans if exposed would likely make the Ukrainians reconsider whether to do this.

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Ukraine, according to The Guardian journalists, might have had a motive to make the conversation public, as it is extremely concerned about Vitkoff's role in negotiations and might want to undermine his position, as well as expose the "shocking scale" -

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However, given reports of a possible split in the Kremlin elite regarding relations with the USA, this cannot be ruled out, the article says.

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but Moscow has no obvious motive to disclose information about Ushakov and Vitkoff, who is considered one of the most Russia-friendly members of the American administration.

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- gathering or held a sufficiently high position to access the original file.

The article states that Russian intelligence agencies have extensive experience intercepting and publishing confidential political calls,

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Russia, Ukraine, the USA, or some other Western country. Since Bloomberg received the audio recording of the conversation, not just a transcript, it is likely that the source of the recording was either directly involved in intelligence -

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In its analysis, the publication notes that the recording of the phone conversation between US President's special envoy Steve Vitkoff and Putin's aide Ushakov could theoretically have been made (and passed to journalists) by intelligence agencies of various countries —

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