China's plans for Taiwan, Putin's health, global warming: What the American CIA said.

I think our prediction is that maybe the least impact on whether the Chinese leadership can pick a few years until it uses its power to control Taiwan, but as well as when they would do it,” said Burns at the Aspen Security Forum. If there's a lesson that I think they can learn from Putin's experience in Ukraine, it's that you don't achieve quick and decisive victories with overwhelming force. ”

Burns gave an interview where he touched many topics, where he paid particular attention to the Russian occupation of Ukraine, including Putin's mentality and possible factors that contributed to Russia's many failures to quickly and with decisiveness of conflict, and what lessons China can learn from experience while looking towards a possible invasion of Taiwan.

“I would not underestimate President Xi's determination to seek control of China over Taiwan”, Burns said. “He is determined to ensure that his army has the capacity to take such action if it decides to move in that direction (of the invasion). ”

The Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted in a strategic “punishment for Putin, with Burns discovering that he believes the latest measurements of American intelligence show that around 15,000 Russian troops were killed and “almost triple” more troops were injured. It was the first update in several months from a source of intelligence on possible Russian losses.

“Russia is planning to dig and continue to strike Ukraine and believe that when winter arrives and the prices of subjects will be so high in Europe that solidarity NATO will be weakened. ”

Burns, who had served as ambassador to Moscow, also spoke of claims involving the health of the Russian president, where he said: “There is much speculation about President Putin's health and we can say he is completely very healthy”.

“Putin is a major believer in control, intimidation and equality, and these features have hardened over the past decade after its councilors' circle has contracted”, the CIA chief said.

Burns also spoke of the danger of global warming and said it was a challenge comparable to that of China.

If you assume, like me, that the People's Republic of China is the biggest geopolitical challenge facing our country in the 21st century, and as I can see, then the greatest existential threat, in many ways, is climate change,” he said./FoxNews/Periscopi/