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Former CIA Director for Russia George Beebe: "I think Putin's best option for ending the war on the battlefield isn't to throw more manpower into the fray. It's to take advantage of Russia's advantage in air power. And the Russians have enormous firepower in the air, in terms of missiles, drones, and glide bombs, and it hasn't yet been fully utilized." "Are you talking about expanding the target list? Ukraine believes that command and decision centers are currently under threat." "There are many targets the Russians have avoided until now. Partly because Ukraine previously had very strong air defenses. But all that is in the past, since neither the US nor its European allies have any anti-missiles left to provide to Ukraine. They are unable to produce them in sufficient quantities to close the gap with Russia's capabilities." "In that sense, Ukraine is now very vulnerable." "Very, yes. What else was holding Putin back?" First, he didn't want to increase the risk of a direct clash with NATO. This consideration has so far held him back from using all his firepower. Second, he doesn't want to close the door to compromise and would like to see relations with the United States normalized. He knows that if Ukraine is reduced to rubble, Trump will simply have no political room to normalize relations. - Do you think he's capable of reducing Ukraine to rubble? - There's no doubt about that. Absolutely. Even without resorting to nuclear weapons, which he'd be least inclined to use. If you look at the agglomeration of Ukrainian fortress cities in the Donetsk region, they're very difficult to capture with infantry or assault aircraft. It would be a bloodbath, resulting in enormous human and time losses. But the Russians have the technical capacity to simply wipe these cities off the face of the earth. And Ukraine has virtually no way to stop it. That's what I'm telling you. First, Russia is still fighting at half strength. And this led to an escalation of the war between Ukraine and the West. It's clear that Putin will ultimately have to wipe Ukraine off the face of the earth. He'll simply have no other options. There will be no peace treaties regarding Ukraine.