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Haines said in the Senate that "Goals Putin Beyond Russia’s military capabilities, this likely means that in the next few months we will move on a more unpredictable and potentially more escalatory path.".
Width: "The current trend increases the likelihood that Putin will resort to more aggressive means, including imposing martial law, redirecting industrial production, or potentially escalatory military options to obtain the resources he needs to achieve his goals.".
But it is unlikely that Putin will order the use of nuclear weapons "Unless you encounter Russia existential threat"Waqf Haines.
However, the Russian president can turn to it "If he thinks that he is losing the war in Ukraine and that NATO is either intervening or preparing to intervene"according to the official, but "Even under this assumption, it is likely that it will send signals" before he does that.
Haines emphasized that Putin will not end the Ukraine war with the Donbass operation, as he is determined to "Construction of a land bridge to Transnistria" Moldavian separatist.
She said: "Our assessments indicate that Putin is preparing for a protracted conflict in Ukraine, through which he intends to achieve goals beyond Donbass".
She added that "The Russian president is likely to see that Russia has capabilities and a desire to meet challenges beyond those of his opponents, and is likely to count on the decline of the resolve of the United States and the European Union as conditions deteriorate with regard to food shortages, inflation and energy prices".
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Haines said in the Senate that “the goals of Putin It is beyond Russia’s military capabilities, and that likely means that in the next few months we will move on a more unpredictable and potentially more escalatory path.”
“The current trend increases the possibility that Putin will resort to more aggressive means, including imposing martial law, redirecting industrial production, or potentially escalatory military options to obtain the resources he needs to achieve his goals,” she added.
But it is unlikely that Putin would order the use of nuclear weapons “unless you face Russia an existential threat,” Haines said.
However, the Russian president can resort to it “if he believes that he is losing the war in Ukraine and that NATO is either interfering or preparing to intervene,” the official said, but “even under this assumption, it is likely that he will send signals” before doing so. .
Haines stressed that Putin will not end the Ukraine war with the Donbass operation, as he is determined to “establish a land bridge to the breakaway Moldavian region of Transnistria.”
“It is our assessments that Putin is preparing for a protracted conflict in Ukraine, through which he intends to achieve goals beyond… Donbass“.
“The Russian president is likely to see that Russia has capabilities and a desire to confront challenges that exceed those of his opponents, and is likely counting on the decline of the resolve of the United States and the European Union as conditions deteriorate with regard to food shortages, inflation and energy prices,” she added.