Ex-CIA Russia chief said Putin's belief that the US would lose its nerve and stop helping Ukraine is being proven right

• Steve Hall, former CIA chief of Russia operations, said Vladimir Putin is being proven right.
• Putin predicted the US would stop supporting Ukraine, Hall said.
• Ukraine aid passed in the Senate earlier this month, but it's unclear if it will clear the House.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's prediction that the US would lose its "nerve" and stop supporting Ukraine is being proven right, according to Steve Hall, former CIA chief of Russia operations.