Putin Focused on Consolidating Ukraine Gains: U.S. Intelligence Chief | My Opinion - #OPINION: Putin #Putin: In this and the previously tweeted today photo he appears to signal that he has something in the store, under the counter, for those responsible for the drone attack on the Kremlin, as he will investigate and determine it. To whom it may concern: Be extra prepared. But we do not know what it might be. | Michael Novakhov's favorite articles - 6:29 AM 5/5/2023
Michael Novakhov's favorite articles - 6:29 AM 5/5/2023 Putin Focused on Consolidating Ukraine Gains: U.S. Intelligence Chief posted on May 04 2023 18:11:16 UTC via themoscowtimes.com Russian forces in Ukraine are so degraded they cannot mount any significant offensive moves and are focused for now on consolidating control of occupied territory, the U.S. intelligence chief said Thursday. As Ukraine prepares for its own offensive in the coming months, Russian President Vladimir Putin still likely aims to prolong the conflict until Western support for Kyiv wanes, said Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines. "Putin probably has scaled back his immediate ambitions to consolidating control of the occupied territory in eastern and southern Ukraine, and ensuring that Ukraine will never become a NATO ally," Haines told a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee. But she said that whatever the outcome of Ukraine's offensive — whether it recaptures much of th...