Former Russian PM Says Putin Could Be Forced To End The Ukraine War This Year

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/former-russian-pm-says-putin-may-could-be-forced-to-end-the-ukraine-this-year_uk_6874ba1de4b03db3e7f3be38?ncid=APPLENEWS00001

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  1. > Mikhail Kasyanov said Russia’s “contracting” economy meant the country’s president may have no option but to seek a settlement to stop the hostilities.

    > On Times Radio this morning, Kasyanov `- who was Russian PM from 2000 until 2004 – said Putin has a “manpower” problem.
    > He said: “Putin has no people to work. All people just transfer from civilian industry to military industry. Civilian industry is already contracting, that’s a problem he has. By the end of the year, a completely different situation will appear.”
    > Presenter Stig Abell asked him: “If Ukraine hangs on, if Ukraine doesn’t get overrun by Russia, you think by the end of the year Putin might have to sue for peace even, because he won’t be able to carry on doing what he’s doing?”

    > Kasyanov, who served under Putin when he was PM, replied: “Exactly.”

    I wish this prediction becomes true.

    Edit: added the missing answer.

  2. I do have mixed feelings about that. While I wish for every Ukrainian that this horrible War finds an End as soon as possible, letting Putin be able to decide when the war stops will only result in a new war a few years down the road. In the meantime RU will regroup and ramp up sabotage against UKR and EU. For lasting peace the war has to stop in a way which crushes RU (militarily or economically).

  3. The question is how long they will be able to continue the war, and how long Ukraine will be able to continue to defend. Eventually, this war will have to end, or Russia will collapse.

  4. I have a hard time believing that Putin wouldn’t continue the war and tell his people that they need to make more sacrifices like their great grandparents did.

  5. Problem is he wants to keep the land he has stolen, so it will end, when Ukraine says it will,

  6. Problem is he wants to keep the land he has stolen, so it will end, when Ukraine says it will,

  8. They are in full war footing, if the war ends, so does their economy

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