Fmr. CIA Dir. Gen. Petraeus: It Should Be Clear, the Obstacle to Peace at This Point in Time Is Putin

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PETRAEUS: "There’s not that much right now that would lead us to believe that, I don’t think. In fact, out of the last two weeks, really, Jonathan, I think what should be clear to all — I think it’s clear to President Trump — is that despite all of his efforts, which we applaud to end the war, to stop the killing, Vladimir Putin clearly has no intention of doing that unless he is given additional territory, which is heavily fortified and Russian forces would have to fight for years at the pace they’re going. He wants to displace president Zelenskyy, replace him with a pro-Russian figure. Frankly, to demilitarize Ukraine, None of which can be acceptable to Ukraine nor to the European countries and the United States. By the way, president Zelenskyy, under the Ukrainian constitution, doesn’t have the authority to declare certain territory would be controlled by the Russians. That would have to go to a national referendum. It should be clear. The obstacle to peace at this point in time is president Putin. What we need to do is change those dynamics by helping Ukraine far more than we have so far, lifting restrictions on them, seizing the $300 billion of frozen reserve in European countries of Russian money, giving it to Ukraine, more sanctions on Russia,"