Vladimir Putin still wants to occupy most of Ukraine, according to people from the US intelligence services, and this in the conditions where Russia's losses in the war started on February 24 were huge, and there don't really seem to be any indications to give of course things will change for the better very soon.
The US intelligence services seem to have understood the fact that even the very large aid granted by the West to Ukraine will do nothing but delay the inevitable, and we are talking about tens of billions of dollars sent so far in the form of financial, military, health, and not only that, by many states.
However, Vladimir Putin is determined to carry out his plan not to give up the conquest of Ukraine in its entirety, given that this process is an extremely difficult one, with very high losses that are expected by everyone for the army Russian in the coming months.
"In short, the picture remains rather gloomy and Russia's attitude towards the West is strengthening. We believe that he effectively has the same political goals that we had previously, which is to take most of Ukraine.
We perceive a disconnect between Putin's short-term military goals in this area and the capability of his military, a kind of mismatch between his ambitions and what the military is capable of accomplishing.
During this time, we anticipate that they will rely more on the asymmetric tools they have, such as cyber attacks, efforts to control energy, even nuclear weapons to try to manage and project power and influence globally. "
Putin still wants most of Ukraine, war outlook grim - US intelligence chief https://t.co/gUILsJpyEn pic.twitter.com/2KZemXTZl1
- Reuters (@Reuters) June 29, 2022
