Putin is a scoundrel a fool and a small man who has met his match with US POTUS Joe Biden after walking all over Donald Trump.

War in Ukraine Has Weakened Putin, C.I.A. Director Writes. William J. Burns says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created recruiting opportunities for the spy agency and ushered in a new era.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/us/politics/cia-burns-putin-russia.h…

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has crippled its economy and left it beholden to China, says William J. Burns, the director of the CIA.

"Russia's economy is suffering long-term setbacks, and the country is sealing its fate as China's economic vassal," Burns wrote in an opinion article for Foreign Affairs 

Spycraft and Statecraft

Transforming the CIA for an Age of Competition

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/cia-spycraft-and-statecraf…

Meanwhile, back in the Kremlin, real bad news for russia… First the Ukrainians managed to attack the Belbek airbase with missiles… then Ukraine destroyed another large Russian on the Black Sea fleet. Then all 27 EU countries voted in favour of 50 billion Euro for Ukraine in their fight for freedom and democracy… Putin lost 1000 soldiers, 16 APVs, 12 tanks, 33 artillery systems…. This just in, a supply of the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) has begun… And so it goes.