"I think Putin’s assumptions have turned out to be profoundly flawed."
Highlights
- Between 2,000 and 4,000 Russian troops have been killed over the course of Putin’s 12-day war in Ukraine, U.S.
- intelligence officials say.
- Putin may turn to more brutal tactics in the coming days and weeks, intelligence officials testify.
- CIA Director Bill Burns says Putin is likely to “double down” and may escalate his assault on heavily populated civilian areas.
- 5% of Russia’s weapons and vehicles have been destroyed or “rendered inoperable” during the war, an official says.
- Putin “has no sustainable political end game in the face of what is going to continue to be fierce resistance from Ukrainians,” Burns says.