Blind to Russia’s true state, Putin sees escalation as logical | Fabrice Pothier

Poland’s Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski told TVP World News Director and On the Record host Adam Jasser that Putin may resort to desperate measures, such as an escalation against a NATO country citing what he sees as a lack of access to credible information about Russia's situation. Is the Russian leader indeed so detached from reality?

“He’s quite rational in his willingness to escalate,” Fabrice Pothier, CEO of Rasmussen Global, told TVP World, but went on to say: “even though he’s pursuing, obviously, a completely distorted vision of where Russia’s place in Europe is.”

Pothier believes that Putin’s likeliest strategy would be attempting a diversion that would distract Europe from providing assistance to Ukraine in order to focus on its own defense, and advises that the best way to deter him from this is to send a clear message that Europe is determined to defend itself and push back against any provocation.

“I think this is to show him that he does not have a place to go. He cannot escalate horizontally. He just has to actually withdraw from Ukraine,” Pothier said.

Join TVP World’s Klaudia Czerwińska and her guest as they discuss Trump’s heel-face turn on Zelenskyy and Ukraine, why the main obstacle to peace lies in the Kremlin, and whether Europe can defend itself amid the U.S.'s plans to reduce its military presence on the continent.

Chapters:
00:00 Trump-Zelenskyy meeting and Patriot licensing prospects
02:38 Industrial bottlenecks in Patriot manufacturing
02:57 Kyiv or Moscow: Who is the real barrier to peace?
04:13 The EU should pursue diplomacy through strength
05:09 Does Putin think escalating the conflict with the West is his way out?
06:41 Europe’s defense autonomy and the reduced U.S. presence

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