Today in Kazakhstan, Putin once again promoted his missiles—his readiness to kill and destroy. To the thousands of missiles that have already struck Ukraine, Putin clearly wants to add thousands more.
He does not want this war to end. Moreover, he seeks to prevent others from ending it. By wagging his ‘oreshnik’ now he is aiming solely to disrupt the efforts of President Trump that are sure to follow his inauguration. Putin wants to escalate the situation now to ensure that President Trump cannot succeed in bringing this war to an end.
Putin is the only one responsible for this war and the only one who believes in it. His current escalation is nothing more than a strategy to exert pressure, aiming to force the U.S. president to accept Russia’s terms later. We understand all the existing threats.