General Milli: It will be extremely difficult for Ukraine to overthrow Russian troops in 2023

MOSCOW, March 21 – RIA Novosti. It will be extremely difficult for Ukraine to remove Russian forces from its territory in 2023, but the conflict is not frozen. thinks Mark Milley, Chief of Staff of the Pentagon.

“It’s a very difficult task[to drive out Russian troops]. It’s not impossible, but extremely difficult. And in the world of possibilities, I don’t think it’s very likely,” Milli told Politico. According to him, at the moment neither party to the conflict will likely be able to achieve political goals through military means, the military believes that such a “state” will continue for a while. However, he explained that he didn’t think the conflict was frozen.

Russia launched a military operation against Ukraine on February 24 last year. President Vladimir Putin described his goal as “protecting people who have been subjected to eight years of bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime.” For this, according to him, it is planned to “disarm and demilitarize Ukraine” so that all war criminals responsible for “bloody crimes against civilians” in Donbass are brought to justice.