There are reports that Putin's Russia is planning a massive disruption in order to derail the peace talks.
Putin's latest ploy is to accuse Ukraine of attacking Putin's dacha at Valdai which is in between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Of course Russia has offered no credible evidence of such an attack. Even the Trump administration rejected this accusation.
The Russian "disruption" might be portrayed by Moscow as a response to the nonexistent attack at Valdai. Gen. Wesley Clark, former supreme commander of NATO, pointed out that Valdai is Putin's summer residence. In the Northern Hemisphere, including Russia, we're in the middle of winter. Russia's efforts at disinformation are obviously in serious decline. Of course this won't stop Putin from concocting even more second-rate bullshit.
Putin is increasingly frustrated by his failure to capture Ukraine. His "3-Day Special Operation" is now into Day 1,409. Putin is seriously behind schedule. In about 10 days, Putin's war will become longer than Stalin's war with Hitler.
His tiny gains of Ukrainian territory over the past year have cost tens of thousands of lives of his troops in suicidal "meat wave" attacks against better Ukrainian forces. His oil refining and exporting facilities are increasingly in ruins and his shadow fleet of oil tankers is being thrown into disarray. In short, Putin is a LOSER.
So Putin is growing increasingly desperate to keep his obsession with conquering Ukraine alive.
In addition to Gen. Clark, CNN in the vid above spoke with former Ambassador William Taylor and Ret. Col. Cedric Leighton (US Air Force).
Putin doesn't want peace, Putin wants Ukraine – and will keep having hissy fits as long as he can't get it. The only way to end Putin's fixation is to defeat Russia – or for Putin to get a little too close to an open window in an upper story room with somebody tired of the war. 😉











