Is Russia Escalating? George Friedman Breaks Down the Threat
The visit aimed to warn Moscow that Ukraine will not hand over the Donbas and that further escalation would deepen Russia’s economic strain, officials said.
- Following CIA Director John Ratcliffe's recent unannounced visit to Moscow, Russia intensified strikes on Kyiv, killing at least 9 people over 4 days and damaging the Security Service of Ukraine headquarters.
- Ratcliffe sought to convince Russian intelligence leadership that Moscow holds a weak position, but he failed to persuade President Vladimir Putin to make concessions on the ongoing Ukraine conflict.
- A source close to the Russian diplomatic corps stated the strikes signal that "Russia is continuing its offensive operation and sees no reason to shift its stance to a more flexible one."
- Despite a budget deficit reaching 6.5 trillion rubles over 7 months and loss of one-third of gasoline production, the Kremlin maintains its military strategy.
- President Donald Trump's special representatives, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, will travel to Moscow for discussions before arriving in Kyiv on Sunday, September 6, to address the full-scale invasion.
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Is Russia Escalating? George Friedman Breaks Down the Threat
It’s been an interesting few days for US-Russia relations. On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, GPF Chairman George Friedman joins host Christian Smith to discuss the CIA Director’s trip to Moscow, the drone plot in Germany, and reports of Russia’s help in an Iranian advanced weapons program. What does a threat assessment of Russia reveal about these tactical and diplomatic shifts? What are the impacts on European security, US-Russia relation…
Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the intention of taking advantage of Ukraine's seriously weakened air defence, is intensifying a bombing campaign that, in his opinion, will force Kiev to capitulate to key territorial demands of its own, perhaps even this winter, said members of the Russian elite and analysts, reports The Washington Post.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, trying to take advantage of Ukraine's significantly weakened air defenses, is intensifying a bombing campaign that he believes will force Kiev to surrender to some of the Kremlin's key territorial claims — possibly this winter.
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