Putin could change short -term goals and ready to peace: what is the new Russian strategy - CNN

CNN wrote about changing the short -term plans of Putin and the possible suspension of the war. The agency read the report of American intelligence, which was acquainted with the officials of the White House and Europeans. The report states that the President of the Russian Federation is probably ready to abandon the whole territory of Ukraine in the near future.

It is believed that the Kremlin head can still postpone this plan for a longer period, and will still be satisfied with the occupied territory. According to two sources from US intelligence, according to the renewed plans of Moscow, the Russians will focus on taking full control what has already been captured. At the same time, Putin awaits such a proposal by Washington that the population can see "victory", the article says. "Putin's immediate goals in Ukraine could change.

This reflects the evolution of recent US and Western intelligence assessments that testify that Putin believed that the state of war was beneficial to him, that he had a momentum, as well as human resources to continue the fight against Ukraine," CNN wrote. The article gives the opinions of anonymous US and European officials on Putin's plans and the possibility of completion of the war. In particular, the US is "skeptical" regarding the Russian President's statements on a peace agreement.

On the other hand, even if it agrees to it, the war will recover later and try to seize the rest of Ukraine, the interlocutors of journalists indicated. "All this depends on the fact that the US is ready to offer it not only to declare the victory within the country. Moscow is ready to" play "the United States and limit its immediate goals to improve relations with Washington. But it clearly did not give up its maximalist military goals," CNNN.

It should be noted that on April 26, after talking to President Vladimir Zelensky in Rome, US President Donald Trump said he would like to see Putin's real steps before the war was over. At the same time, the head of the White House admitted that it was possible to impose new sanctions instead of planned economic cooperation. After that, Moscow announced a three-day truce on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of World War II.

Russia has reported that it stops fire on the front line and shelling and expects similar actions from Ukraine. Meanwhile, the spokesman of President Putin during a speech in the West in the Russian Federation spoke about the possibility of completion of the war. Dmitry Peskov once again called the Ukrainians "Nazis", recalled "territorial realities" and that the end of the war will only happen after reaching the goals, voiced at the beginning of the invasion.