for a long time<\/a>, but for now there will be no second call-up of soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPutin has rarely spoken about the duration of a war that he began more than nine months ago but told loyalists in a televised meeting on Wednesday it could go on for some time yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This can be a long process,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russia has been forced into a series of significant retreats in the face of Ukrainian counter-offensives, waged with increasing stocks of Western weaponry, in the east and south since July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Russia launched what it calls its “special military operation” in February, saying Ukraine’s deepening ties with the West posed a security threat. Ukraine and its allies say the invasion amounts to an imperialist land grab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Putin, in his remarks, said the risk of a nuclear war was growing but Russia would not recklessly threaten to use such weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We haven’t gone mad, we realise what nuclear weapons are,” Putin said. “We have these means in more advanced and modern form than any other nuclear country … But we aren’t about to run around the world brandishing this weapon like a razor.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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