Opinion: Why Putin will regret launching this war - CNN, and other Shared Stories - 3.7.22
Michael Novakhov - SharedNewsLinks℠ Post Link Opinion: Why Putin will regret launching this war - CNN Monday March 7 th , 2022 at 5:57 AM 1 Share Peter Bergen is CNN's national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. (CNN) Has Vladimir Putin's assault on Ukraine outrun the resources he's committed to it? That's the view of retired US Army Major General Mike Repass , who has an informed vantage point on the conflict, having worked in the Ukrainian security sector since 2016. The former commander of the US Special Operations Command in Europe, Repass provides education and advisory support to the Ukrainian military on a US government contract. In discussions Thursday and Friday, I spoke to Repass about why new leadership and the improved training of the Ukrainian military has markedly improved its performance in recent years