James Clapper: “It's inconceivable to me that the Russian intelligence services aren't aware of this, and that Putin has certainly at…”

it's a question of time. It's not if, it's when we have some sort of confrontation that we're going to have to respond to, the NATO will have to respond to.

I think, I'll use the example of what is still the major Russian prize, which is Kyiv. And so they, they're having difficulty surrounding it. But assuming they did, and then they try to strangle the lines of communication bombard the city…

Well, no, it doesn't. And the fact that none of this makes sense, but most acutely, I think, nuclear-related information.

It speaks to Putin's character, and his KGB background, having essentially lawless, mercenary group, a private army, responsible only to him.