Every indication suggests that Putin is continuing to build up troops at the border Russia shares with Ukraine, said Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador.
McFaul said false flag attacks are a "good tactic" by Russia and are not new. He said the warnings from the U.S. are "credible," though Moscow has denied the allegations.
"I admire how the Biden administration is leaning into this and declassifying information that normally is pretty hard to declassify. It suggests to me that it's credible," he said.However, McFaul said no one knows what will happen next in Russia-Ukraine tensions or how Moscow will respond to sanctions from the U.S. and the West.That's in part because the Russian leader is "isolated," he said.
"Putin is so isolated, even in his own country. He rarely talks to advisors," said McFaul, adding that "we don't have a lot of fidelity on what he's thinking."
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