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US official: "We believe that Putin is being misinformed" about Russian military performance

The US believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is being "misinformed" by his advisers about how badly the Russian military is performing in Ukraine and the impact of sanctions on Russia's economy, a US official tells CNN.

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The US believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is being "misinformed" by his advisers about how badly the Russian military is performing in Ukraine and the impact of sanctions on Russia’s economy, a US official tells CNN.

Highlights

  • Former British Prime Minister David Cameron says Russian President Vladimir Putin is “effectively a war criminal” Cameron urged the US, Britain, European countries and others not to attend the upcoming G20 summit in November in Bali, Indonesia, if Putin is invited and able to attend.
  • Cameron said the UK must do “everything else we can’t put our own troops in, and while we can’t operate a no-fly zone for fear of making this conflict go wider, we must do our bit economically, just as the Ukrainian armed forces are doing their bit militarily” He also detailed two occasions during his time in office when he believed President Putin “flat-out lied”