Russia's position in the war won't be improved by Putin's partial military deployment, according to the director of the CIA.
If he is able to mobilize 300,000 troops, it's not as if he is throwing people like cannon fodder towards the front, many of whom are not well-trained, many of whom are not going to have the kind of equipment that they need or the logistical support that they According to Burns, the military has a lot of other problems.
Putin seems to be losing his grasp on the conflict as he becomes more involved in the war efforts. Russian troops were forced to retreat and disguise themselves among the local population after being taken by the Ukrainians in the region of Kharkiv.
Putin tried to bring in 300,000 more troops to the conflict in Ukranian. Some people who have been called in the draft are trying to avoid going into the conflict, while others are trying to get out of the country.
US and UK officials say that Putin's failed attempt to conquer Ukraine is the reason for his threat of nuclear warfare.
There hasn't been proof of an imminent threat yet, but Burns said his language must still be taken seriously.
"We have to take seriously his kind of threats given everything that's at stake, and the rhetoric that he and other senior Russian leaders have used is reckless and deeply irresponsible," Burns said.
"It's very hard to say at this point, and as I said, what we have to do is watch for signs of actual preparations," he said.
Two weeks after the start of the war, Burns said that Putin was wrong about how the war would play out.
In March, Burns told the House Select Intelligence Committee that Putin thought Russia had a good chance of using force against Ukraine.
He said that he had been proven wrong on all the counts. Over the last 12 days of conflict, those assumptions have proved to be profoundly flawed.
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