Dan Hoffman: Putin wouldn’t end the war if Ukraine gave Russia territorial concessions.
We might see a tactical pause, but Putin would continue to pursue his strategic objective to overthrow the democratically-elected government and install a puppet regime. 1/
Hoffman: If Ukraine were forced to give up that territory, it would put Zelenskyy in an incredibly weak position and compromise all of Ukraine's military leadership.
That's exactly what Putin wants: to create internal instability inside Ukraine and take advantage of that. 2/
Hoffman: The Biden administration, US intelligence accurately forecasted Russia's invasion, but our policy was to send a plane to exfiltrate Zelenskyy.
Zelenskyy bravely said, no, I don't need a plane, I need ammunition because the fight is here in Ukraine. 3/
A Bundestag aide who tried to slow Germany’s Leopard 2 tank shipments to Ukraine was working with an FSB officer, The Insider and Der Spiegel.
Vladimir Sergienko, 52, aide to AfD MP Eugen Schmidt, corresponded with an officer of the FSB’s Fifth Service known as “Alexei.” 1/
His real name: Ilya Vechtomov, born 1987 — officer of the Fifth Service, the FSB unit tasked with destabilizing Ukraine before the Feb 24, 2022 invasion. 2/
Phone metadata shows Vechtomov in constant contact with dozens of FSB officers, including Vladimir Petrovsky, head of the Ninth Division.
Usernames, passwords and avatars linked his “Alexei” alias to his real identity. 3/