Vladimir Putin’s war objectives have changed, according to American intelligence

Has Russia revise its appetites for conquest? According to CNN, sources in American and Western intelligence services consider that Vladimir Putin would now focus on two short -term objectives: preserving the territories conquered by its army in Ukraine and consolidating the Russian economy. “I think he is thinking about what a short -term reasonable goal could be”estimates a senior intelligence official with the American channel.

This is an evolution in the analysis of Western secret services: they recently considered that the Russian president had the ambition to push his advantage on the ground, until the total taking of Ukrainian territory – the Russian army having stopped progressing in recent months. Such a change of objective would make Moscow more inclined to negotiate a peace with kyiv and Washington than the European Chancellery.

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Three years after the start of the conflict, which has earned Russia for heavy economic sanctions from Washington and its allies, the American administration intends to convince Moscow to accept a end of hostilities – one of Donald Trump’s campaign promises. On April 23, the American president assured that he “Think (have) to have an agreement” with Russia, but that the exchanges were “More difficult” With Volodymyr Zelensky. The future of the Ukrainian territories occupied by the Russian army is one of the key issues. Recently, the tenant of the White House assured that he thought that his Ukrainian counterpart was ready to give in Crimea to Russia, an idea that kyiv has long refused to envisage.