Brussels, Aug. 13 -- Ahead of the upcoming Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Sir Richard Shirreff, has expressed doubts whether the summit will at all prove effective in ending the war, claiming that only a 'bloody nose' will force the Kremlin to end the conflict.
"Russia has to recognise and Putin has to recognise that Zelenskyy is president of Ukraine, recognise the Ukrainian constitution and Ukraine's right to exist as a sovereign state. And that is only going to happen ... when Russia gets a really bloody nose.
"And for that to happen, we need to see some proper strategic thinking from NATO - from the president of the United States - that recognises that this is about trans...