Russian President Putin insisted Friday that Ukraine’s counteroffensive had “no chance” and talked up Russia’s financial health at his country’s main international economic forum.
“It’s a very violent fight, and it will likely take a considerable amount of time at a high cost,” Milley said after a meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels of the U.S.-led Contact Group of some 50 countries that give military aid to Ukraine. Austin also told the meeting that the war was a “marathon, not a sprint.”
On the streets of Moscow there also appeared to be an acknowledgement that the end to the conflict was not in sight.And Anna, 47, a real-estate agent, also said she had “great respect” for Putin, but she she was preparing for a conflict that would last “two or three years,” until “everyone realizes that they have had enough, everyone will run out of strength, and they will come to some kind of consensus.
The war has made gauging public opinion in Russia difficult, with many people afraid to speak their minds or reveal their last names, especially to the foreign media, amid a fierceUkrainian servicemen fire rockets toward Russian positions, near Bakhmut on Tuesday.A poll released earlier this week by the independent Levada Center with a sample of 1,603 people, also said that 45% of Russians believe the conflict will last at least another year.
Putin nonetheless remained bullish about Russia’s economic prospects, telling the crowd that his country “had maintained a responsible, balanced budgetary and monetary policy,” which had “made it possible to reach the minimum levels of unemployment as well as inflation, which is now lower in Russia than in many Western countries.”
He added that Russia had not “turned on to the self-isolation path,” and had instead “widened contacts with reliable and responsible partners in the countries and regions that serve as the engine, the drivers of the world’s economy today.”Reuters
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