Former Putin advisor and Kremlin speechwriter says that Putin wants out and wouldn’t have gotten into Ukraine in the first place if he “had known what was going to happen”. The Russian-born man now lives in Isreal but claims to know Putin’s current state of mind. He pains the picture of a man who saw the Afghan withdrawal and thought taking Ukraine over would be easy.
Putin, he told Israel’s Kan broadcaster, “is ready to stop” the invasion, but “he needs some trophy to present to the general Russian public and to Russian elites.”
Gallyamov said that Putin believed that his invasion of Ukraine would be swift and decisive, and over in a matter of “two or three days,” after which he would be able to impose a puppet government.
The Russian president, he added, “understands that he got into trouble, and definitely he was not counting on that.”
Moreover, said Gallyamov, the primary motive for the invasion was “nothing to do with Ukraine or with the USA or with NATO,” but with Putin’s waning domestic popularity.
“His ratings are going down within the last three, four years,” he said, “and the protest sentiments grow, and Putin is going to face serious problems.”
This, he added, prompted Putin to start the war in hopes of a “rally around the flag effect” that would boost his popularity.
Asked about the recent diplomatic moves by Israel to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv — including Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s weekend visit to Russia, where he met personally with Putin — Gallyamov said that if the Russian leader is willing to listen to reason, “definitely it is only the Israeli prime minister who will be able to deliver it.”
“We all know that, out of all the countries of the first world, out of all the democratic countries, Israel has the best relations with Russia,” he explained. “And Putin really treats Israel differently. … So, if there is anything in general which can help the West and Russia find common ground, then it’s through Israel.”
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Thursday Russia invaded Ukraine because of “catastrophic” mistakes made by the Biden administration.
“We need strength and we need resolve. The reason Russia has invaded Ukraine is because of catastrophic mistakes made by President Biden and Vice President Harris,” Cruz told “America Reports.”
As Russian forces move into Ukraine, Cruz said there are two reasons the U.S. is in its situation with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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