A protestor has interrupted an evening broadcast on Russian state TV, holding a sign that read; 'No war, stop the war'. 9News MORE:
Russia still holds overwhelming military advantages and can bombard the country for weeks more.Russia still holds overwhelming military advantages and can bombard the country for weeks more.
Mr Burns told lawmakers that he believed Mr Putin was "stewing in a combustible combination of grievance and ambition for many years." Much of the foreign currency Russia had accumulated as a bulwark against sanctions is now frozen in banks abroad. "He has no sustainable political end-game in the face of what is going to continue to be fierce resistance from Ukrainians," Mr Burns said.Avril Haines, President Joe Biden's director of national intelligence, said Mr Putin "perceives this as a war he cannot afford to lose".
US Representative Mike Quigley, an Illinois Democrat who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, said the Biden administration had been "always a step or two late" out of fear of triggering Mr Putin."I think it comes off as quibbling," Mr Quigley said.
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