‘Time is not in Russia’s favor’: Battlefield losses and economic pain pile pressure on Putin, European spy chief says
- Russian President Vladimir Putin faces shrinking options as battlefield stalemates and domestic instability mount, Kaupo Rosin, head of Estonia's Foreign Intelligence Service, told CNN.
- Moscow is currently unable to conduct mechanized breakthroughs, with 35,203 Russian soldiers killed or severely wounded in April alone, losses exceeding recruitment capacity.
- Russia cut growth forecasts last week due to labor shortages, while returning soldiers are 'carrying back home violence, instability, psychological problems, and crime,' Rosin added.
- Kyiv's long-range drones have inflicted 'billions and billions of dollars' worth of damage to the energy sector,' according to Rosin, targeting refineries and pipelines inside Russia.
- Within the next four or five months, Putin 'may not be able to negotiate from a position of strength anymore,' Rosin stated, as Kremlin talk of total victory has ceased.
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Russia is losing more soldiers than it can recruit and the mood in the Kremlin has changed, says Estonia's spy chief Kaupo Rosin.
The Kremlin no longer hears confident talk of "complete victory," warns Kaupo Rosin, head of Estonia's foreign intelligence service. According to him, the mood in Russia is changing primarily within the regime itself, where there is a growing understanding that the war in Ukraine is not going according to Moscow's plans.
Ukraine War: "No More Talk of Total Victory – Estonian Intelligence Chief Sees Russia Under Pressure
According to Estonia's Chief of Intelligence, Kaupo Rosin, pressure is growing in Moscow. Russia is losing more soldiers than it would succeed. A new mobilization could become a risk for the Kremlin itself.
In Russia there is a marked change of mood, according to the head of the Estonian foreign intelligence service, Kaupo Rosin. Especially in the Kremlin the mood is tipping.
Putin is racing against time in the war against Ukraine, according to Kaupo Rosin, head of Estonia's foreign intelligence service. "Time is not on Russia's side," Rosin told CNN.
– I no longer hear talk of a complete victory, says Kaupo Rosin.
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