"For the US to abandon the conflict in Ukraine at this crucial moment and cut off support for Kiev would be an own goal of historic proportions": this was stated by the head of the CIA William Burns
in an essay for Foreign Affairs.
"The key to success - he writes - lies in preserving Western aid to Kiev. Representing less than 5% of the US defense budget, it is a relatively modest investment with significant geopolitical returns for the US and notable returns for American industry. Maintain The flow of weapons will put Ukraine in a stronger position if an opportunity for serious negotiations emerges."
“Although Putin's repressive grip does not appear to be weakening any time soon,
his war in Ukraine is quietly eroding his power at home”
: Burns states this in the essay, citing last June's failed uprising by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin as an example.
"For a leader who has painstakingly built a reputation as an arbiter of order - Burns points out - Putin seemed detached and indecisive as Prigozhin's disorderly mutineers made their way towards Moscow. For many members of the Russian elite, the issue was not so much If the emperor had no clothes, why did he take so long to get dressed? The last apostle of revenge, Putin eventually settled his score with Prigozhin, who was killed in a suspected plane crash exactly two months after starting his rebellion. But Prigozhin's trenchant critique of the lies and military misjudgments underlying Putin's war, and the corruption at the heart of the Russian political system, will not disappear anytime soon."
“Putin could brandish the nuclear threat again and
it would be foolish to completely ignore the risks of escalation
. But it would be equally foolish to be unnecessarily intimidated by them,” adds Burns, underlining that Putin's war on Kiev has “already been a failure for Russia on many levels."
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