Russian-born former U.S. intelligence officer Rebekah Koffler said Friday on Newsmax that Russian President Vladimir Putin aims to exhaust Ukraine’s resistance, keep seized territories, and install a pro-Russian government in Kyiv to prevent NATO membership.

“Putin’s Playbook” author Rebekah Koffler said that Putin’s strategy in Ukraine is to “break down the Ukrainians’ will to fight” until Kyiv capitulates.

Appearing on “American Agenda” as President Donald Trump and Putin met at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson for the Alaska 2025 summit, Koffler said Russia currently controls about 20% of Ukraine, including Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, as well as Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014.

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