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Putin hasn't given up on any of his original goals in Ukraine.

I'm kind of pessimistic for the near term.

My concern is, we don't have an overriding strategy on the part of the United States in this complex challenge over the next 20 to 30 years.

He wants Ukraine, basically, to be a client state of Russia.