Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday hinted that the Ukraine war could soon end. Speaking to reporters after marking Russia’s Victory Day parade, Putin said: “I think that the ‌matter is coming to an end.” The comment was made in response to a question about whether Western help to Ukraine went too far. The Russian leader said: “They started ratcheting up the confrontation with Russia, which continues to this day. I think it is heading to an end, but it’s still a serious matter.”

Putin’s remarks come as Kyiv and Moscow observe a three-day ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine this weekend. The truce was announced on Friday by US President Donald Trump after negotiations brokered by Washington. European Council President Antonio Costa on Thursday said the European Union was prepared to hold separate talks with Russia and Ukraine “when the right moment comes."

    • freagle@lemmy.mlEnglish
      838·
      15 days ago

      He is in complete control of it. Conditions are not sufficient for him to end it yet. With the US running out of munitions, losing 16 bases, losing irreplaceable planes and radar systems, and what appears to be the potential for irreplaceable naval losses, the conditions might for him to end the war might be on the horizon.

      • Hubi@feddit.orgEnglish
        13·
        15 days ago

        Russia is scraping the absolute bottom of the barrel for personnel and is hemorrhaging a massive amount of money. Their industry is in the gutter and their already crumbling infrastructure is being attacked by long-range drones flying completely unbothered for thousands of kilometers every day. They have lost pretty much every relevant partner on the international stage. The only realistic way to end this war on Putin’s terms is to pull out from Ukraine and face the Russian population. The other ways are a general mobilization (which will lead to the same result as #1) or waiting for the inevitable collapse (which will, again, lead to the same result as #1). He has painted himself into a corner and there is no way out.

        He’s dragging it on for as long as he can but the final result will always be the same.

  • GarboDog@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    15 days ago

    Yeah with him losing because someone inside is gonna get fed up with him enough and convince gods buddy with the guards to let them just finish him off early before old age to save their own country.

    Our Ukraine just straight up wins and takes control of Moscow or something idk, that would end it pretty abruptly too yeah

  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    15 days ago

    Putin: “The war will be over soon”

    Trump: “The war will be over soon”

    At least the liars lies are easy to spot, because they’re so transparent.

  • acchariya@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    14 days ago

    He can’t end the war. He’d have to admit that 500,000 young Russian men are not fighting at the front lines, but are dead and not coming home. The loved ones are going to hang him when they find out.

    • badgermurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      14 days ago

      I’m not following it closely enough anymore to have good guesses as to his real plan now, but I think that it is and always has been safe to say that it is not what he’s saying intentionally to the public.

      Surely he is trying to do a Machiavelli as usual, to perform in some way that he believes will cause the people he want to do the things he wants them to of their own volition, not realizing they’re really playing into his hands.

      He seems to have been having more trouble with that than in the past, though. I suspect its harder to pull off when everyone is wise to it.