[SpeedyInTexas]

Putin being misled, U.S. official says - Reuters

“We believe that Putin is being misinformed by his advisers about how badly the Russian military is performing and how the Russian economy is being crippled by sanctions, because his senior advisors are too afraid to tell him”

[SpeedyInTexas]

[SmokingJoe]

Its Dementia Joe who is clueless and misled not Putin. Putin knows exactly what is going on.
The fake news media in the west don't.

[fireman15]

Sorry to tell you General Speedy but the “sanctions” are having little to no effect on the Russian economy. The funds coming in from Russian oil and gas exports have only increased during this “conflict”. Even as we and other countries begin to phase out buying Russian oil and gas, others gladly buy it at a bit of a discount compared to what the Saudis and others are now able to charge. It is just a sideways shuffle. Countries with 80% of the world's population are having nothing to do with this nonsense. The Russians are receiving far more money for their energy products than they were a month ago. Putin is laughing all the way to the bank.

One of my very best friends worked in military intelligence before he became a customs broker and then started his own brokerage. He said that the sanctions being imposed are mainly causing the US dollar to lose its place as the currency that oil is exchanged with and that is going to cause our country huge problems down the road and will help the Russians, the Chinese, the Indians and others. Any minor inconvenience caused by shifting where Russian products are going are basically having no effect.

Just like the breathless reporting on Ukrainian military successes... what we are hearing about the success of sanctions destroying the Russian economy is basically a joke... on us. Most of the world will not even take a phone call from the senile old codger who is currently the resident in chief. We are becoming a laughing stock, and the propaganda Western media is trying to pass off as fact has destroyed their credibility as well. But at least it allows you to continue living in your armchair general super fantasy... must feel good! So glad for you.