Kurt Volker, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, told Newsmax on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is pushing his country near the “breaking point.”

Volker told “American Agenda” that analysts who say Putin wants to recreate the Soviet Union by taking territory in Ukraine are on the mark.

“That is exactly what his mindset is. And he is willing to push the Russian people and the Russian economy very, very far, almost to the breaking point, in order to try to achieve that,” he said.

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