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Russia is seemingly eager to claim victory in Ukraine as a significant day for the country approaches, however, one expert is warning of “disastrous consequences” from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s implementation of an “artificial timeline” as the Kremlin is expected to escalate its invasion.
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Describing a retreat in which Putin “gradually ends the active combat phase of the conflict” in order to achieve his goal and finish what he started, Rebekah Koffler, a former U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency officer, and the author of “Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America,” told Fox News Digital that Putin’s plan to insert politics into his war with Ukraine and establishing a timeline for completion will likely yield a negative outcome.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 23, 2022.
(Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
May 9, the day Russia celebrates victory over Germany in World War II, is a date by which Putin is said to feel pressure to achieve some sort of victory in Ukraine.
“Putin has introduced an artificial timeline to end his war on Ukraine by May 9, an extremely significant holiday in Russia, culturally – Soviet Army’s victory over Nazi Germany,” Koffler said. “This year marks the 77th anniversary of the German forces’ defeat in World War II. Inserting politics into military strategy is always fraught with disastrous consequences.”
Providing an example, the former intelligence officer said President Biden “learned it the hard way when he rushed US forces” to withdraw from Afghanistan in an effort to “claim victory before the anniversary of September 11th terrorist attacks on our homeland.”
Koffler insisted that Putin’s decision to assign Gen. Alexander Dvornikov as…
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