US Reveals Putin's Next Target In The War With Ukraine

What is the Kremlin's strategy now?

Russia’s strategy to win the war in Ukraine is to force the West to refuse assistance to Kyiv.

US officials spoke about it with The New York Times on condition of anonymity.

US officials say Russia is disappointed that the United States and Europe keep united in their continued military and economic support for Ukraine.

They are convinced that Putin intends to try to put an end to this by using a spy network and new technologies to promote propaganda in support of pro-Russian political parties and fuel conspiracy theories.

“But Mr Putin believes he can influence American politics to weaken support for Ukraine and potentially restore his battlefield advantage,” U.S. officials told the NYT.

Moscow is also likely to try to boost pro-Russian candidates in Europe, seeing potential fertile ground with recent results. In addition to national elections, Russia could seek to influence the European parliamentary vote next year.

Russia, according to US officials, is constantly conducting information operations aimed at denigrating NATO and US policies and is likely to intensify efforts in the coming months in the run-up to the US presidential election.

The ultimate goal of Russia would be to help undermine candidates who support Ukraine and change US policy.

But even if Moscow cannot influence the final election result, Russians may believe they can stir up enough debate over Ukraine aid that a future Congress could find it more difficult to pass additional support, U.S. officials said.