Putin Says Ukraine Conflict Could Last For Years Because Russia Is Failing To Achieve Its Military Objectives

More than nine months into a conflict that the Kremlin had believed would
finish after a days-long assault on Kyiv, Russian President Vladimir Putin
warned Wednesday of a prolonged military presence in Ukraine.
His remarks followed those of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who
claimed that new Russian strikes on a market and gas station in the Donetsk
front zone had killed six people and wounded numerous more.