Putin Moves to Escalate War in Ukraine With Talks at Dead End

Putin is playing the victim. Did you read the article you submitted?

Moscow increasingly views the Ukrainian strikes as attacks by NATO states because alliance members supply Kyiv with weapons and intelligence, the people said. The current phase of hostilities isn’t the peak of military escalation, they said.

President Vladimir Putin signaled his intentions in weekend comments to a state TV reporter, as he shrugged off the impact of the attacks on Russia’s economy. Ukraine “opened this Pandora’s box,” he said. “Well, be ready to get a blowback on your most sensitive sectors of the economy.”