"They won't win": Putin will be forced to start negotiations - US General

According to American General Mark Millie, "rational" Russians have to understand the need for negotiations for two years. He explained that the Russian Federation failed to achieve its goals in the war. Russia has failed its strategic goals in the war in Ukraine and will be forced to negotiate. This was stated by the head of the US Armed Forces Chiefs Committee, General Mark Millie in an interview with Foreign Affairs, published on May 2.

"One of their strategic goals was the overthrow of the Zelensky government; to capture the capital of Kiev, to do it relatively quickly; to move from the Russian border to the Dnieper, to do so in a short time, perhaps four to six weeks; and then also block Ukraine's exit to the sea, to the Azov Sea, providing Kherson and Odessa, "the military said. The American general emphasized that the Russian invaders were not achieved.

According to him, then the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin changed the course to strengthen control over the occupied regions, transferred the army to the south and east of Ukraine. "And here he also failed," Millie said. He voiced one of the probable results of the Armed Forces counter -offensive - the destruction of the Russian front line in all directions, remembering the events of the First World War.

"However, I believe that the likelihood that any party will reach its political goals-the war is related to politics solely through military means-I think it will be very difficult, very difficult," the general said. According to the US military, rational Russians eventually have to realize that "value exceeds benefits" and it is time to steps in the direction of negotiations. However, he stressed that the awareness may take several months to two years.

"I don't know when Putin will be ready to do it, but at some point, if he is rational, he needs to do it. He could do it tonight, he could end the war that night. Of course, he has internal political restrictions on Russian politics . But they will have to understand it because they won't win, "Millie stated. We will remind, Mark Millie also commented on the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces.