 Warlord Putin is now reliant on war with Ukraine to maintain Kremlin's kleptocracy NATO minister. Russian President Vladimir Putin is now reliant on Moscow's war with Ukraine to maintain the Kremlin's kleptocracy. A NATO foreign minister has said as Western leaders scramble to help Kiev retain its warfighting capability amid delays in military aid and battlefield defeat according to Newsweek. Putin is a warlord now. Estonian Foreign Minister Magus Sakna told Newsweek on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in southern Germany on Friday, as reports emerged of Ukraine's retreat from the embattled city of Adivka after two years of intense fighting there. His legacy will be war. Sakna added, probably without the war he's out of office. He continued, he must have the war continued because his society is war, law, war economy, the war regime without any kind of democracy. The Russian victory at Adivka came at a high cost for Moscow but represents a significant gain on a front for months characterized by stasis and attrition. As with the capture of Bakhmut in summer 2023, the fierce fighting in and around Adivka has left little of the settlement, but ejecting the Ukrainian garrison that has held the fortified town, located outside the Netsk city, a key hub for the Kremlin-controlled separatists fighting Kiev since 2014 is nonetheless a boost for Russia. Sakna said, all Western allies bear some responsibility for the defeat, given their failure to deliver the military aid needed. All the countries have this responsibility. Sakna said, the European Union promised one million rounds of ammunition, it was an Estonian initiative, for this March we have done half of that.