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Moscow Times: Putin Promised Xi That Russia Will Fight ‘5-Year War’ in Ukraine – Nikkei
President Vladimir Putin promised Chinese leader Xi Jinping that his invasion of Ukraine would last five years, the Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported Thursday, citing multiple anonymous sources familiar with Russian-Chinese diplomatic maneuvering.
Putin’s remark apparently came during Xi’s visit to Moscow in March 2023, when Russia was already one year and one month into the war and had suffered a series of embarrassing setbacks.
Nikkei interpreted Putin’s words that Russia “will fight for [at least] five years” as an assurance that Moscow would emerge victorious in the end and a possible warning for Xi not to reverse China’s pro-Russia policy.
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Update #1: Media: Putin told China’s Xi Russia will fight for ‘at least 5 years’ in Ukraine — The Kyiv Independent
Update #2: Putin’s 5-year war plan with Ukraine revealed in conversation with Xi Jinping, Nikkei reports — RBC Ukraine
WNU Editor: Putin committed Russia to waging a ten year war against Chechnya. Russian soldiers are stilled based in Syria after being deployed into the country during the height of its civil war. Bottom line. Putin is no stranger to long wars.