US General Mark Milley said that, most likely, the war in Ukraine will be protracted – tsn.ua

American general named war in Ukraine by the struggle of “the strong against the weak”.

About it head US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said during a final press conference at the Pentagon following a virtual meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine.

“Today is the 147th day since the Russian invasion, illegal and unprovoked, large-scale, strong against the weak. This fight is likely to be a long-term conflict“, the American general predicted.

Earlier, Mark Milli assured that Donbass had not yet been “lost” by Ukraine, difficult battles were going on for it. He also noted that the war is very intense and that the fighting of attrition is now going on.

“For 90 days, the Russian advance was perhaps 6-10 miles (about 9.6-16 km). It’s not too much,” the US general said.