Currently, the Russian Federation is not preparing for the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
This was stated by CIA Director William Burns at a briefing.
"The CIA sees no signs of Russia preparing to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine in the coming days and weeks," Bern said during a speech at a security forum organized by the Aspen Institute.
It should be noted that after the NATO summit in Vilnius, at which support for Ukraine was significantly strengthened, Russian officials again began to talk about the use of nuclear weapons.
Meanwhile, Russian elites are expressing anxiety about the future of the Russian Federation and the further decisions of President Vladimir Putin, especially after the brief mutiny of the Wagner PMC, which caught the Kremlin off guard.
This was stated by CIA Director William Burns, Politico reports.
"This (changes in society - ed.) raised some deeper questions: about Putin's judgment, about his relative detachment from events, and even about his indecision," Burns said.
According to him, the mutiny, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, was directed mainly against Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and high-ranking Russian general Valery Gerasimov.
But the fact that Wagner's forces were able to cross a large part of Russia unhindered was a major blow to Putin, as was the open discussion of the corruption of the Russian elite.
"I think that in many ways it revealed some significant flaws in the system that Putin built. Even if you don't take the mutiny into account, the Russian invasion of Ukraine showed many of the regime's weaknesses," he added.
The CIA chief also noted that Putin would also likely find a way to take revenge on Prigozhin and eventually remove him.
"If I were Prigozhin, I wouldn't fire my taster," Burns concluded.
