The other side of the coin is that this will burn operations that were years in development and possibly bring to question all intelligence gathered by these ag

The other side of the coin is that this will burn operations that were years in development and possibly bring to question all intelligence gathered by these agents without multiple confirming sources. This can set back Russian operations for years and will cost them millions. So it’s quite possibly that western intelligence agencies tipped them about the database in the first place after they leveraged it to its maximum useful potential. The CIA nor the FBI will never come and publicly burn 300 potential spies however using the media to do so is definitely in their game book.