When Putin Gets Frustrated With His Military 'Failure' In Ukraine, The World Should Be More Worried

Russian President Vladimir Putin (@KremlinRussia_E)

JAKARTA - President Vladimir Putin is reportedly getting frustrated with Ukraine's fierce resistance and global sanctions. This could be good news but also bad for the world because Putin could be getting darker.

Quoted from NBC News, Tuesday, March 1, US intelligence agencies reportedly already know that President Vladimir Putin is increasingly frustrated with his military struggle in Ukraine. And this is what we said earlier dangerous. It is suspected that Putin will see his only option is to rely on violence.

The Russian economy is being battered under unprecedented global sanctions. And when his military strength is said to be superior, it is the opposite on the field.

In fact, it is reported that Putin is angry with his men.

"This is someone who is clearly flabbergasted by the magnitude of the Ukrainian resistance," Senator Mark Warner, D-Va, Chairman of the Intelligence Committee.

“He has isolated himself. He was not in the Kremlin very often. ... you get less and less input, and this input comes from sycophants."

He added: "I'm afraid he's cornered. I'm afraid there's no clear way out."

Currently, Western intelligence agencies have good visibility about Putin. They become increasingly intense watching his movements closely for any significant changes in behavior.

The US has strong intelligence that Putin is frustrated and directs unusual anger at those in his inner circle. That's unusual, they say, because Putin, a former intelligence officer, usually keeps his emotions in check.

"He's no longer the cold-blooded, clear-eyed dictator he was in 2008," said former CIA Director, John Brennan.

A Western diplomat said Putin appeared to be increasingly isolated and misinformed.

“The main concern is the information he gets and how isolated he is. Isolation is a very big problem," the diplomat said.

"We don't believe he has a realistic understanding of what happened."

Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a ranking member of the Intelligence Committee, said on Twitter that “the old Putin was a cold-blooded but calculating killer. This new Putin is even more dangerous.”

Warner, who, like Rubio, received a special briefing from the CIA, said he remained concerned about a full-blown cyberattack in Ukraine, which Russia was neither willing nor able to carry out.

Rubio also expressed his concerns on Twitter, in harsh language.

“DANGER”, Rubio tweeted. “#Putin's legitimacy is built on the image of a strong leader who restored #Russia to a superpower after the catastrophe of the 90s. Now the economy is in disarray & the military is humiliated & his only tools to re-establish the balance of power with the West are cyber & nuclear.”