# Former CIA officer: Russia must achieve its goals by force, with no hope for dialogue with Kyiv

https://mins.news/en/item/68501

- TASS, 2026-09-22 07:42 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2190923

> Political commentator and former CIA and State Department employee Larry Johnson said there is little hope for a new round of Russia-US-Ukraine talks because Kyiv will not accept Russia’s conditions. He said Russia’s only option is a military defeat of Ukraine, including measures he described as denazification and demilitarization, and claimed that the US ultimately aims to destroy Russia.

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