Russia's implementation of 'artificial timeline' poses 'disastrous consequences,' expert warns
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Russia is seemingly eager to claim victory in Ukraine as a significant day for the country approaches, however, one expert has suggested that escalation in the country may increase after recent war assignments from Russian President Vladimir Putin due to his impatience and implementation of an "artificial timeline."
Describing a retreat in which Putin "gradually ends the active combat phase of the conflict" in order to achieve his goal and finish what he started, Rebekah Koffler, a former U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency officer, and the author of "Putin's Playbook: Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America," told Fox News Digital that Putin's plan to insert politics into his war with Ukraine and establishing a timeline for completion will likely yield a negative outcome.
May 9, the day Russia celebrates victory over Germany in World War II, is a date by which Putin is said to feel pressure to achieve some sort of victory in Ukraine.
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