CIA director Invoice Burns has branded Vladimir Putin cocky and smug over the Ukraine battle.
The US spy chief additionally stated the West couldn’t afford to be intimidated by Russia’s “sabre rattling and bullying”.
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His feedback seem to assist calls to make use of long-range western weapons towards targets in Russia.
On stage in London with MI6 boss Sir Richard Moore, Mr Burns stated: “Putin’s complete narrative proper now’s a really cocky, very smug one.
“It’s, ‘Time is on my aspect, it’s solely a matter of time earlier than the Ukrainians, and their supporters within the West are floor down’.”
Mr Burns revealed in autumn 2022 there was a “real threat” that Putin would drop a nuclear bomb.
He stated President Biden despatched him to warn Russian counterpart Sergey Naryshkin of the implications.
The US additionally lobbied China to rein in Putin.
He stated Ukraine’s Kursk incursion had “introduced the battle dwelling to odd Russians”.
A Gaza peace plan shall be put to Israel and Hamas in days, Mr Burns additionally revealed.
