As US and Russia hold talks on ending the Ukraine war, intelligence from US and close allies shows that Putin still wants to control all of Ukraine. “We have zero intelligence that Putin is interested in a real peace deal right now,” a US congressional official told NBC news.Putin is sending representatives to Saudi Arabia for negotiations with the US that are aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.However, current intelligence shows Putin still believes he can wait out Ukraine and Europe to eventually control all of Ukraine. “He thinks he’s winning,” one of the Western intelligence officials told NBC, adding that losses on the battlefield are not pressuring Putin to stop fighting.The report is contrary to US President Trump claims that Putin told him in a phone conversation last week that he wants to end the war in Ukraine. “I think he wants to stop the fighting,” Trump said that Putin told him during their Feb. 12 phone conversation. n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION2:04 WHY THE RUSSIANS “DID NOT LIKE” TRUMP’S UKRAINE ENVOY4:50 MBS WANTED UKRAINE REPRESENTED AT US-RUSSIA TALKS?