‘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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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.
Putin may lose leverage in Ukraine talks, says Estonian intellegence chief
Russian President Vladimir Putin may lose leverage in peace negotiations with Ukraine in the coming months if current battlefield trends continue, Kaupo Rosin, head of Estonia's Foreign Intelligence Service (VLA), told the U.S. publication CNN.
Time is running out for Russia, as the losses on the battlefield and economic difficulties exert increasing pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold serious peace talks, said the head of Estonia's External Information Service. Kaupo Rosin said Moscow has only four or five months left in which it can dictate the conditions of peace from a position of superiority, TVP World announces.
The only way for Russia to win the war is a new mobilization, but that would pose great risks for Putin, the head of Estonia's foreign intelligence agency estimates.
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