Putin may change war targets – US intelligence

Russian President Vladimir Putin did not expect the Russian Armed Forces to face failure in Ukraine. This “discovery” could affect his war aims. This was said by US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes at the annual National Defense Forum in California, on Saturday, December 3, Reuters wrote.

At the same time, he stressed that the Kremlin leader does not want to abandon long-term plans for Ukraine.

“Putin may want to scale back his short-term military goals in order to return to his plans later,” Haynes said.

He said that Russia used up its military reserves “relatively quickly”.

“I think he’s becoming more aware of the problems facing the military in Russia. But it’s still not clear to us if he has a complete picture of the problems at this stage. We see the lack of ammunition, morale, problems with supply, logistics,” Hines said.

Asked about the impact of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid and other civilian infrastructure, Haynes said Moscow’s goal was to partially weaken Ukrainians’ will to fight. At the same time, he noted that Ukrainians are also determined to win, even if the country’s economy is suffering.

Note that the Russian invaders are not abandoning attempts to break the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the eastern front.

Recall that the military-political leadership of the Russian Federation at the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine planned not only to occupy the territory and overthrow the government, but also prepared massacres of citizens during the intervention.