Putin Warned 140 Years To Reach Kyiv Amid Ukraine War

Vladimir Putin has been warned it could take Russia 140 years to reach Kyiv because of the slow progress it is making in the Ukraine war.

British war correspondent Oz Katerji said the conflict “is not going well” for Moscow, more than four years after it began.

Putin ordered the invasion of Russia’s neighbours in February 2022, and the so-called “special military operation” was supposed to be over in a matter of days.

More than four years later, however, Russia occupies little more than a fifth of the country and has suffered 1.3 million casualties.

But Katerji told LBC that at the current rate of progress, it could be well over a century before Moscow achieves its goal of seizing the Ukrainian capital.

He said: “Since the end of 2022, Russia has been very, very slowly advancing.

“If Russia was to continue capturing territory at the same pace at the same pace that it has been over the last four years, it would take 140 years for Russian forces to reach Kyiv.

“So the war is not going well for the Russians, even though they are very slowly advancing.”

Last week, BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg said a “sense of fatigue” was emerging among the Russian public as the war of attrition goes on.

He continued: “Also at the same time, frustration with the economic problems, rising communal bills, rising utility bills, rising prices, and also frustrations with the government’s attempts to introduce restrictions on the internet.

“This is all coming together and creating a lot of anxiety and frustration.”

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