According to a new intelligence report cited by the media , Vladimir Putin does not plan to ease the pressure on . “Putin, more determined than ever”: this is how the US agencies summarize it, which do not see even a shred of willingness to compromise on the part of the Kremlin leader. The information, disseminated by NBC News, It is based on a confidential analysis that was recently presented to a congressman and a senior US security official.
According to that document, the Russian president is completely focused on winning the war in Ukraine, regardless of the human or economic cost. According to the same report, Putin seeks to justify to his country the enormous military casualties and the delicate economic situation that Russia is going through.. In other words, you need a “win” to sell.
Meanwhile, in Washington They prefer to maintain silence. The White House has not commented on the report and has limited itself to citing statements by President Donald Trump, who insists that he is working to reach a peace agreement between kyiv and Moscow.
However, the facts seem to tell another story: Last week, Trump canceled a meeting with Putin in Budapest and imposed new sanctions on two Russian oil giants. According to its spokesperson, the objective of these measures is “contribute to ending the war”. Even so, the sources cited by NBC They have assured that in the Kremlin there are no signs of giving ground. For Putin, according to the report, the only way out is military victory.
The Russian leader has intensified its rhetoric and its staging. Last Sunday he appeared dressed in military uniform—a rarity even for him—during a meeting with the General Staff, where he boasted about the success of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile. Shortly afterward, he also announced successful tests of the nuclear supertorpedo Poseidon.
of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe that these appearances seek to reinforce their image of “committed war leader” and remind the world of Russia’s nuclear power. The West, for its part, interprets it as a display of muscle that is more symbolic than real.
Although Putin has spoken on occasion about nuclear weapons “of great power”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov denied that tests with real warheads had been carried out: “If this refers to the Burevestnik test, then it is definitely not a nuclear test,” he finally clarified.
