There is no intelligence that Vladimir Putin is unstable, or in bad health, the director of the CIA has said.
There has been increasing unconfirmed media speculation that Mr. Putin, who turns 70 this year, may suffer from ill health, possibly cancer.
But William Burns said there was no evidence to suggest this, joking that he appeared "too healthy."
His comments came as the US announced it would provide Ukraine with more long-range weapons.
Earlier Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia's military focus in Ukraine was no longer "only" the east that Moscow's strategy had changed after the West supplied Ukraine with such weapons.
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