Michael McFaul, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia, said Sunday that the Russian president has 'failed on all' of his strategic objectives.
Above, Michael McFaul, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia, speaks during a panel discussion in Philadelphia on March 10. McFaul said Sunday that he does not see Russian President Vladimir Putin “recovering” from his failures in Ukraine.Putin has"failed on all" of the"strategic objectives he outlined six months ago," McFaul said."Remember, six months ago, he said he was going to unite Ukrainians and Russians because Ukrainians are just Russians with accents.
He added that Putin now"needs to bring new troops just to fight in that stalemated situation," referring to Moscow's order requiring the Russian military toamid reports that many soldiers have died in the war, and that others may be either unmotivated or poorly trained. "So, on the strategic level, I think he's failed in this war. I don't see him recovering," he said, adding that Putin's new objective appears to be"taking" the Donbas region—and that he will need more soldiers to do so.
The Russian president will not be able to"do a draft across the board" targeting anyone eligible to serve in the army to bolster his military because it would"make Russians unhappy," McFaul said.
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