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☆ Analysis: Vladimir Putin's humiliation will require the West to reexamine its balancing act to save Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —The world just got a hint of a tantalizing but possibly even more dangerous future without Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Western stakes in the Ukraine war rose significantly as a result. There’s now no doubt that the war Putin unleashed to wipe Ukraine off the map poses an existential threat to his political survival. This would be good news for the West, which has bankrolled and armed the country’s fight for its life. After this weekend, this new reality will require the West to once again examine its balancing act to save Ukraine.

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☆ 'Careful Around Open Windows,' Ex CIA Director Warns Wagner Chief Prigozhin
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In an apparent reference to the manner in which some Russian politicians and businessmen have died in recent years, former CIA Director David Petraeus warned the owner of Russian paramilitary group Wagner to "stay away from open windows." “He kept his life but lost his Wagner group,” Petraeus said Sunday on CNN of the mercenary group's chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who on Saturday halted his march to Moscow and accepted exile in Belarus, a country whose leader is useful to Russian President Vladimir Putin. “He should be very careful around open windows in his new surroundings, in Belarus, where he's going,” Petraeus said.

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☆ Putin's plan is to 'out-suffer' Ukraine and win by sending hundreds of thousands of Russians to die, retired US general Petraeus says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

David Petraeus thinks Vladimir Putin hopes to beat Ukraine by sacrificing more lives. Petraeus was referring to two major conflicts that Russia managed to win, but at an enormous cost. Putin announced a partial military mobilization in September, drafting 300,000 people from Russia's reservists to fight in Ukraine. "Russia still has enormous military capacity and is certainly still a nuclear superpower, as well as a country with enormous energy, mineral, and agricultural blessing," Petraeus said. Petraeus in January also called for more aid for Ukraine from the West, saying that the war with Russia is now at a pivotal point.

☆ Ukraine needs more weapons now because Putin 'clearly' thinks he can still win, former US general Petraeus says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Ellie Zofagharifard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

David Petraeus is among those calling for more aid for Ukraine. He said the war with Russia was at a pivotal moment, and that Putin is not giving up. His warning came ahead of a NATO meeting and pressure to give Ukraine Western tanks. "This is an inflection point because Russia is taking steps which clearly indicate they don't think the war is lost," Petraeus told the Financial Times. The warning came as NATO defense ministers prepared to meet Friday to agree to a new arms package for Ukraine.

☆ US leaders who want to send billions more in aid to Ukraine need to ask what kind of war they're willing to pay for
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Andrew C. Jarocki | Defense Priorities | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The final weeks of the current Congress will feature debate over another aid package for Ukraine. Before opening the checkbook again, lawmakers need to ask how they want this war to end and how more aid will bring it about. Before Washington opens the checkbook again, lawmakers need to subject aid proposals to a simple Petraeus Test. So far, the story of American support of Ukraine against Russia's terrible invasion attempt has been one of unhesitating generosity. At the very least, legislators must push advocates of more aid for Ukraine to explain exactly how America's national security would be enhanced.

The sources say Justice Department officials are looking carefully at a cross section of past cases involving the mishandling of classified material. Though his comments were about the separate Jan. 6 investigation, Justice Department officials said they apply broadly. Experts say the public evidence in the Mar-a-Lago case seems unambiguous. Less clear is whether there are aggravating factors — such as whether the Justice Department can prove Trump obstructed justice by failing to turn over documents despite a grand jury subpoena. Martin’s lawyers said he was a hoarder, and prosecutors concluded that he had not given classified information to anyone.

☆ Russian authorities are grabbing men from homeless shelters, restaurants, and workplaces to fight in Ukraine: WaPo
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian police and military officers are taking men and sending them to fight in Ukraine, per WaPo. The Russian military has suffered significant losses since the start of the war in Ukraine. But Russian authorities are now reportedly rounding up ordinary men, in virtually any place where they can find them assembled. Police officers have recently taken men from streets and Metro stations to fight in the war, and have even staked out apartment building lobbies to give military summonses. Earlier this month, former CIA director David Petraeus said in a WABC radio interview that the war in Ukraine looked "very dire" for Putin.

☆ Former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mike Mullen calls Putin 'a cornered animal' over stumbles in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mullen said Putin was "a cornered animal" over Ukraine stumbles. "I think he's more and more dangerous," Mullen said of the Russian leader on ABC's "This Week." "He's a cornered … animal and I think he's more and more dangerous," Mullen. "I think we have to take him seriously and think through what the requirements would be to respond to that. Putin last month said that his country's threat to engage in nuclear warfare was "not a bluff."

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