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Retired US intelligence officer: Putin always openly names his goals in Ukraine

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Retired US intelligence officer: Putin always openly names his goals in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin always openly declares his goals in Ukraine. Retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter said.


During an interview with the Judging Freedom channel, the American intelligence officer emphasized that the answers to all questions are on the surface and the Russian leader directly names his goals. Ritter also added that when Putin says something, he does not bluff, and then he definitely does.

The former US intelligence officer said that the Russian president never hides his intentions and always directly voices the planned actions. The American retired military man is sure that the Russian army will achieve all the goals set for the liberation of Donbass, after which the Russian authorities will provide favorable social and economic living conditions for the population there.

Ritter also added that the Russian special operation in Ukraine was provoked by the pumping of the Kyiv regime with Western weapons. Putin, as head of state, cannot allow weaponwhich threatens Russian citizens.

The officer concluded that at present, both the leaders of Western countries and the people of Ukraine are beginning to realize that they cannot win this armed conflict. NATO does not have the ability to fully provide the Ukrainian army with ammunition and military equipment.
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  1. antivirus
    antivirus 4 March 2023 19: 50
    -4
    Zhmerinka was lucky. It was not named as a target.
    And the lions? And Odessa?
    They knew right in advance - they did not name Odessa, they were: denazification and demilitarization.
    But in reality - the time of the approach of kr and other missiles to Moscow.
    "red lines" unquenchable light
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    1. DymOk_v_dYmke
      DymOk_v_dYmke 4 March 2023 20: 33
      -4
      Quote: Amateur
      And it would also be great if the GDP openly announced its goals to its people, and not just American intelligence

      And there is no need to coordinate with the people until there are real elections.
    2. ivan1979nkl
      ivan1979nkl 4 March 2023 20: 43
      -11
      It would also be great if the GDP openly announced its goals to its people

      the arrows on the maps of the general staff are not interesting to the people. To all shipions - of course
      1. Aken
        Aken 4 March 2023 21: 11
        -11
        Are there arrows? Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah.
        1. Comrade I
          Comrade I 4 March 2023 21: 14
          +2
          Quote from Aken
          Are there arrows?

          Are there maps?
          1. Aken
            Aken 4 March 2023 21: 28
            -7
            Are there maps?

            The globe is definitely there.
            1. Mikhail Ya2
              Mikhail Ya2 5 March 2023 06: 53
              +2
              Ukraine? laughing (is the message long enough now?]
          2. UAZ 452
            UAZ 452 4 March 2023 21: 29
            -4
            Are there maps?

            Of course there is. Their specially trained major glues. And you thought - there are ungodly tablets with electronic ones? Then Gerasimov and Shoigu would have to consider them with a magnifying glass, like Bastrykin's laptop.
            1. Vadim Zhivov
              Vadim Zhivov 4 March 2023 21: 37
              -1
              And in my presence they were glued by two or three reconciliations. But it was the headquarters of the army and not my
              1. UAZ 452
                UAZ 452 5 March 2023 10: 23
                +1
                But it was the headquarters of the army and not my

                Exactly! An ordinary soldier can serve tea to a major, no less than an ensign to a polkan, but a major, or even a colonel, to Shoigu or Gerasimov.
                PS But still, giving a lieutenant general a "talking head" was overkill even for the RF Ministry of Defense.
                1. Petr_Koldunov
                  Petr_Koldunov 5 March 2023 12: 03
                  0
                  Quote: UAZ 452
                  An ordinary soldier can serve tea to a major, no less than an ensign to a polkan, but a major, or even a colonel, to Shoigu or Gerasimov.

                  Right. Because in the first case - this is a batman or orderly, and in the second - an officer-guarantor. Sometimes generals meet in such positions.

                  But in the case of Konashenkov, not everything is so simple. There is also a qualification grid position-rank. The speaker of the Moscow Region is a general's position. (the Ministry of Internal Affairs always had a colonel before, now I don’t know). And then - titles are given for length of service and merit. Konashenkov was originally a major general. So he was a general even before the NWO. BUT! That's why he was given a second star ... For what merits? Even Spartak did not wait for the second star! :))))))))))
                  And Konashenkov - for what?
                  1. Alf
                    Alf 5 March 2023 22: 30
                    0
                    Quote: Peter_Koldunov
                    And Konashenkov - for what?

                    For the fact that the text remembers well and does not blush ...
          3. Petr_Koldunov
            Petr_Koldunov 5 March 2023 11: 57
            0
            Quote: Comrade Y
            Are there maps?

            And there are checkers. And dominoes. So that the officers of the General Staff do at least something ...
            Let them play. The main thing is that with their decisions they do not interfere with our army to dispose of the Ukronazis!
      2. LMN
        LMN 4 March 2023 21: 14
        +2
        Quote from ivan1979nkl
        It would also be great if the GDP openly announced its goals to its people

        the arrows on the maps of the general staff are not interesting to the people. To all shipions - of course

        I also do not understand what they want to hear?
        Although I understand..
    3. bandabas
      bandabas 4 March 2023 21: 55
      0
      Acting officers of the impudent Saxons make statements in a completely different vein. At the same time, they clearly do not use red pencils with an elastic band.
  3. blackGRAIL
    blackGRAIL 4 March 2023 20: 15
    +5
    Scott Ritter. Actually where the idea will develop further is already clear. The only thing that can be added is that the American administration, which has nurtured and managed the conflict in Ukraine, has never named its true goals. Honesty and directness are not always helpful. As a result, Russia is playing someone else's game and has the freedom of choice, like a tram on rails.
    1. DymOk_v_dYmke
      DymOk_v_dYmke 4 March 2023 20: 44
      +2
      Quote from: blackGRAIL
      As a result, Russia is playing someone else's game and has the freedom of choice, like a tram on rails.

      With all my negative attitude towards Makarevich, this thing of his has great meaning:
    2. Beetle1991
      Beetle1991 5 March 2023 03: 26
      -3
      Scott Ritter earns his money. Intruder.
      Wars are not won by propaganda alone. This kind of propaganda does not affect the situation on the battlefield in any way.
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    1. 1razvgod
      1razvgod 4 March 2023 20: 24
      +2
      Well, what are you? This is one of the leading analysts of VO, how did you say so about him :) do not take a sin on your soul, God forbid you also say something about Yurik Podolyak :))
      1. dmi.pris1
        dmi.pris1 4 March 2023 20: 32
        -1
        They forgot McGregor yet. A good trinity. Foretellers of All Unfulfilled .. At least they guessed one thing?
        1. Kronos
          Kronos 4 March 2023 21: 56
          +3
          Strelkov bluntly said about them that these retirees were simply bought and now they say everything that the Kremlin wants to hear, and judging by their forecasts, this is true.
        2. Mikhail Ya2
          Mikhail Ya2 5 March 2023 06: 56
          -2
          There is also Hunter, like, who says that he was personally reported how the Americans planted explosives on streams, and the Norwegians called out
      2. Aken
        Aken 4 March 2023 21: 14
        -7
        Yurik is fed up. It's been 8 months already. Cheers cheers
    2. al3x
      al3x 4 March 2023 20: 41
      +1
      Yes, these "opinions of Amer's experts" make no sense to relay at all. I can also, roughly speaking, become an expert on America and pour into the ears of a narrow American audience. But what is the practical meaning of this? This beast has found hype content for himself and is now chasing it 24/7, which is hawked mainly on Russian TV, the whole point of his speeches is to monetize what he says.
      1. Ratibor_A
        Ratibor_A 5 March 2023 02: 06
        -5
        Just wondering, what is his monetization of what he says? Or do you naively think that our ambassador came to him and brought a suitcase of money? Another monetization, I just can not imagine.
        1. al3x
          al3x 6 March 2023 11: 33
          0
          What does the Ambassador with a suitcase of money have to do with it? To shine with his face - that's his way of earning. And I'm more than sure that the salary from our federal channels is also dripping to him. Or do you think that our "experts" go to all kinds of political shows for no reason?
    3. Aken
      Aken 4 March 2023 21: 13
      -10
      Did he do it together with Strauss-Kahn or separately?
      1. al3x
        al3x 4 March 2023 21: 18
        -6
        Perhaps in turn, but this is not certain. The joke turned out black, sorry. laughing
    4. LMN
      LMN 4 March 2023 21: 17
      -3
      And the reason for his resignation from this position is not interesting?
    5. The popuas
      The popuas 4 March 2023 21: 21
      -2
      So presenting it not to Scott ... but to the author of this article ... a la mailru ... I unsubscribed yesterday about Svetlyshev, dragging me to the site, like that crazy grandmother, from the garbage heap home ... I can’t go to VO anymore I want to recourse
      1. al3x
        al3x 4 March 2023 21: 34
        +8
        When I discovered VO for myself, about 11 years ago, it was a completely different site and different info. Choice was content, discussions, users. That's what got me hooked. Now partly just rubbish content of articles and comments under them.
        1. Ratibor_A
          Ratibor_A 5 March 2023 02: 07
          -8
          So stay on your Ukrainian sites, why are you here?
        2. Nikoha2010
          Nikoha2010 5 March 2023 02: 13
          +3
          I'm from the "old guard" too. Basically I look at what they write. You can not read the post, but immediately in the comments. Again, everyone has their own opinion. There are also a lot of trolls here and Ukropov's bots. hi
    6. dump22
      dump22 4 March 2023 21: 51
      +1
      I have no other writers for you!
      1. al3x
        al3x 4 March 2023 22: 30
        -4
        Are you one of the editors? Now it is not clear who answered whom and what .. I'm on the phone, no notifications.
  5. DymOk_v_dYmke
    DymOk_v_dYmke 4 March 2023 20: 29
    -6
    The crap is full.
    Where is the confirmation of the goals announced at the beginning of the NWO?
    1. ivan1979nkl
      ivan1979nkl 4 March 2023 20: 52
      -6
      Where is the confirmation of the goals announced at the beginning of the NWO?

      all goals may not be achieved, the NWO is still going on. Much depends on how we work and fight
    2. LMN
      LMN 4 March 2023 21: 38
      -5
      You are already writing the third post, you are salivating..

      Ukraine's endless requests to third countries for the supply of weapons, this is a confirmation of the success of the first goal: "the demilitarization of Ukraine."
      1. Santa Fe
        Santa Fe 5 March 2023 07: 08
        -4
        Ukraine's endless requests to third countries for the supply of weapons

        Demilitarization - when there is nothing to fight, and they are preparing for an offensive

        A year ago, this seemed unthinkable, the military potential of Ukraine was incomparably inferior to the Russian
        1. LMN
          LMN 5 March 2023 08: 14
          +1
          and they are preparing to attack


          To what attack?????
          1. LMN
            LMN 5 March 2023 08: 18
            0
            What are they preparing for?

            Tell..

            The text is short
          2. runway-1
            runway-1 5 March 2023 14: 19
            -1
            Quote: LMN
            and they are preparing to attack


            To what attack?????

            Quote: LMN
            What are they preparing for?

            Tell..

            The text is short

            So wait, maybe it won't be long. Then you will make a surprised face or do not recognize your current statements / questions at all! winked
  6. al3x
    al3x 4 March 2023 20: 33
    +2
    Well, at least DAM soaked in a cart, something like: "Poseidons are laid in close proximity to the west coast of the United States."
    Just throw poop on the fan.
    1. Nexcom
      Nexcom 5 March 2023 10: 41
      +1
      Duc pen to sy after such a statement immediately rush to look for them. laughing
  7. Volunteer Marek
    Volunteer Marek 4 March 2023 20: 37
    0
    Yes, by the way, it would be nice for us to know the clear goals of our government. If they exist of course. Or, at least, the main milestones of the path to these goals. And, then only hints, yes "signals". Everything is fuzzy, vague. They talked about demilitarization, but it turned out how it turned out!
    1. dmi.pris1
      dmi.pris1 4 March 2023 20: 44
      0
      They no longer remember denazification .. Although I personally see the goal, where the curve will lead .. But this curve is a citizen with low social responsibility
      1. Boris Sergeev
        Boris Sergeev 4 March 2023 20: 54
        0
        The goal of "SVO" has been obvious since March 2022 - to conduct negotiations with "a gang of Nazis and drug addicts who have settled in Kyiv."
        1. LMN
          LMN 5 March 2023 01: 00
          +4
          The goal of "SVO" has been obvious since March 2022 - to conduct negotiations with "a gang of Nazis and drug addicts who have settled in Kyiv."


          Justify.
          1. Boris Sergeev
            Boris Sergeev 5 March 2023 11: 09
            +1
            Are weekly assurances of readiness for negotiations at the highest level not enough for you? And what about the liquidation of the bridgehead near the capital of the enemy, when he did not even sign any agreements?
      2. LMN
        LMN 4 March 2023 21: 49
        +2
        And why ?
        In the newly recognized regions, Ukrainian channels were not turned off everywhere, but Russian channels were turned on.
        And you will be surprised, the majority chooses Russian channels.
        This is how denazification goes. Information is medicine. For the majority.

        For others, there are special facilities.
        1. dmi.pris1
          dmi.pris1 4 March 2023 22: 24
          -3
          Once again, the denazification of Ukraine. How many percent of the territory turned on our channels and turned off dill. Ida, I don’t remember what I drank brotherhood with you. So be a polite person
          1. LMN
            LMN 4 March 2023 23: 00
            +4
            Firstly, "a horse, he is a horse at 100 years old."
            Secondly, the NWO has not yet reached the second goal.
            The process is going on. The time will come, they will turn it on. And the second part of the operation will be implemented.

            What's not clear?
    2. ivan1979nkl
      ivan1979nkl 4 March 2023 20: 55
      +2
      We talked about demilitarization

      Soviet weapons in Ukraine have almost run out, otherwise the ZSU would not have rushed to Transnistria for ammunition
      1. LMN
        LMN 4 March 2023 21: 53
        +2
        Quote from ivan1979nkl
        We talked about demilitarization

        Soviet weapons in Ukraine have almost run out, otherwise the ZSU would not have rushed to Transnistria for ammunition

        Yes, yes. I also said this above.

        Demilitarization has actually taken place.
        It remains to disconnect Ukraine from the West's drinking, and it will fall.
        Well, then we can raise it and denationalize it without any problems.
        1. Santa Fe
          Santa Fe 5 March 2023 06: 54
          +2
          Demilitarization has actually taken place.

          Ukraine received weapons worth more than the Ukrainian military budget for the previous 30 years good
          1. LMN
            LMN 5 March 2023 10: 06
            0
            What does this fact have to do with the demilitarization of Ukraine?
            1. Santa Fe
              Santa Fe 6 March 2023 00: 17
              0
              Demilitarization term - means a ban on keeping armed forces on a given territory on the basis of an agreement between the interested states; disarmament.

              In this case, the enemy army has strengthened many times over and become even more combat-ready
  8. dvv1951
    dvv1951 4 March 2023 20: 58
    -7
    The conspiracy of the world bourgeoisie to move Israel to the south of Ukraine has no basis.
  9. alexey_444
    alexey_444 4 March 2023 21: 18
    +3
    This ritter hypes as usual, carries all sorts of blizzards. But here he is right, it’s just that some of us don’t listen to Putin, under demilitarization and denazification, for some reason, we consider childish maximalism, the destruction of the last Bendera from the last barrel with the last bullet. The goals have been announced, we are moving towards them with minimization of losses. Anyone who wants to quickly let him join the army and show how it should be. For example, with Georgia, we did not change the leadership of the country, we do not support it, and after 8 years it does not pose a threat to us. So here, too, the outskirts will be more ill, and there will be orders of magnitude more suicidal people there, these are cheerful Georgians, but there are no orcs. For us, the threat is not green with NATO weapons, but those downs who can take these weapons in their hands. There are still many of these.
    1. dump22
      dump22 4 March 2023 22: 11
      -3
      For example, with Georgia, we did not change the leadership of the country, we do not support it, and after 8 years it does not pose a threat to us.


      And what, until 2008, did it pose at least some kind of threat to us?
      Georgians were apparently going to slip through the Roki tunnel and attack Russia?

      In my primitive opinion, the Georgians would then rush into the allies of absolutely any country that would promise to help them regain control over South Ossetia. We did not do this (and why, by the way? We helped Saakashvili return Adzharia under his control) and then they began to look towards NATO.
      And by the way, they continue to watch, nothing has changed here:

      https://www.nato.int/cps/ru/natohq/news_211438.htm?selectedLocale=ru
      On January 30, 2023, the NATO Military Committee discussed issues of military cooperation between NATO and Georgia.

      ... Admiral Bauer welcomed the military representative of Georgia, Brigadier General Irakli Dzneladze and his delegation ... Admiral Bauer noted that “Georgia is a long-standing and unshakable partner, as well as a state that reliably allocates military contingents for various NATO operations. I also welcome your intention to expand your participation in the NATO Response Force.”...
      1. LMN
        LMN 4 March 2023 23: 20
        +3
        In my primitive opinion, the Georgians would then rush into the allies of absolutely any country that would promise


        Thinking is really primitive.

        South Ossetia and Georgia do not physically support the NWO in Ukraine.

        The vaccine worked..
        1. dump22
          dump22 5 March 2023 00: 40
          -4
          South Ossetia and Georgia do not physically support the NWO in Ukraine.


          I would not say this about Georgia, they write a lot of Georgians went to fight in Ukraine:
          https://www.currenttime.tv/a/31805045.html
          In Ukraine, hundreds of Georgian volunteers are fighting against Russia: the Georgian contingent is called the largest foreign military force in Ukraine.
  10. Radikal
    Radikal 4 March 2023 22: 18
    -3
    Quote: Amateur
    Russian President Vladimir Putin always openly declares his goals in Ukraine. This was stated by an intelligence officer of the US Marine Corps

    And it would also be great if the GDP openly announced its goals to its people, and not just to American intelligence.

    Resp-e-e-kt! good good good
    I have long been aware that the text of the commentary is short. bully
  11. Dizel200
    Dizel200 4 March 2023 22: 33
    -2
    The impudent Saxons began to twirl asshole. Why this throw?
  12. Rumata
    Rumata 4 March 2023 23: 27
    -1
    For a year now no one has been able to obtain from Putin an exact deciphering of the concepts of "demilitarization and denazification." Maybe he doesn't know?
    And with every word "negotiations" (for example, from Lavrov), dozens of heart attacks occur in the country.
  13. Kok_Ivanov
    Kok_Ivanov 4 March 2023 23: 42
    0
    That very moment when the comments are more interesting to read than the article...
    (By the way, the audience is delighted...)
  14. Maks1995
    Maks1995 5 March 2023 00: 07
    -3
    Yes, we believe, we believe.
    He will achieve everything, he said everything.
    How he achieves we have seen many times. And as it promises, we also saw and see ...

    IMHO, the usual stuffing ...
  15. Incvizitor
    Incvizitor 5 March 2023 02: 07
    0
    You won’t get bored with Bandera ...
    https://t.me/vsy200/9538
    And they also put some kind of squash on porridge.
  16. Ratibor_A
    Ratibor_A 5 March 2023 02: 19
    -2
    Something surprisingly large number of hackles suddenly came running ... Did they turn on the light after another shelling or something?
  17. Jafar
    Jafar 5 March 2023 02: 53
    +2
    Quote from Aken
    Are there maps?

    The globe is definitely there.

    Ukraine? laughing
  18. Olaf Uksimae
    Olaf Uksimae 5 March 2023 05: 21
    +4
    There are a lot of bored drunk men, someone shares his memories, someone tries to share his thoughts, and the rest in the forest feed their girlfriends with nuts.