The President of the Russian Federation underestimated the potential of the Ukrainians, and this miscalculation will bring great costs to the Russian economy and generations of Russians, emphasized William Burns.
After six months of “a very difficult period of war,” Ukraine began a counter-offensive, and Russia’s invasion could only be seen as a failure. This was said by CIA Director William Burns at a cybersecurity conference in Washington on September 8, reports The New York Times.
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The head of American intelligence emphasized that Russian President Vladimir Putin greatly underestimated the courage and military potential of the Ukrainians.
Although the final chapter of the war in Ukraine has yet to be written, “it’s hard to see the course of Putin’s military campaign as anything but a failure,” he said.
Burns said the Russian leader is surrounded by advisers who are reluctant to give him a different opinion, and that Putin mistakenly believed that a protracted conflict would destabilize Europe and weaken U.S. attention on Ukraine.
“Now Putin is betting that he will be tougher than the Ukrainians, Europeans and Americans. I believe, and my CIA colleagues believe, that Putin is as wrong about this as he was wrong about his assumptions in February last year. , about Ukraine’s readiness to fight,” the CIA director said.
This new miscalculation, in his opinion, will have far-reaching consequences, because “not only shows the weakness of the Russian army, but also guarantees long-term damage to the Russian economy and generations of Russians.”
It was previously reported that US and European sanctions imposed against Russia could lead to a longer and deeper economic recession than previously expected.
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