An ex-Russian foreign minister said that "terror is the only thing left" for a "desperate" Vladimir Putin. The Russian military on Monday and Tuesday launched a barrage of deadly strikes on cities across Ukraine. Andrei Kozyrev told CNN Putin ordered the strikes because he "is desperate, because he made miscalculations." Kozyrev said Putin ordered the strikes because he "is desperate because he made miscalculations." Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday called Putin a "terrorist" whose "only tactic is terror on peaceful Ukrainian cities."

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