Intelligence suggests Putin’s immediate goals for Ukraine war may have shifted

Tamara Ceaikovski

CNN  —  New intelligence reviewed by US and Western officials suggests Russian President Vladimir Putin may have shifted his immediate focus in the Ukraine war toward the shorter-term objectives of solidifying his hold on territory his forces have seized and boosting his country’s struggling economy, multiple people familiar with the matter told CNN. This represents an evolution from recent US and Western intelligence assessments suggesting that Putin felt the state of the war was to his

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