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When Will the Russia-Ukraine War End?
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Jason Jay Smart"My best bet for this war to end in the short term, or in the near term, is if there is a radical political change in Russia."Feb 24, 2023
Andrzej DudaThe war will end when the Russians are driven "out of all Ukrainian occupied territories."Jan 16, 2024
John Kirby"[I]t's difficult to conclude that the war in Ukraine will be over by year's end."Dec 15, 2022
Dmitry Gorenburg"Russia is losing in Ukraine, but the war likely will not end until the Kremlin chooses to stop fighting."Dec 01, 2022
Liz Truss"We will only successfully end this war when Russia is pushed out and there is a proper peace settlement."Jun 30, 2022
Beth Knobe"The only way I can foresee the Ukraine war possibly ending in 2024 is if Vladimir Putin dies."Dec 28, 2023
Richard Branson"The war will not end until Ukrainians manage to get their sovereign territory back."Sep 23, 2023
Dmitry Medvedev"If the US stops supplying weapons to the Kyiv regime, the war will end."Feb 23, 2023
Daniel DePetris"The only two people who can end the fighting [Putin and Zelenskyy] don’t want to."Oct 06, 2022
Sergei Shoigu"The special military operation [in Ukraine] will continue until the tasks assigned by the Supreme Commander are completed."Jul 06, 2022
Oleksiy Reznikov“[M]y optimistic prognosis is that it is realistic to achieve [an end to the war] as early as this year.”Jun 05, 2022
Dmytro KulebaThe sooner Putin meets with Zelenskyy, "the more likely it will be to bring the moment of the end of the war closer."Apr 25, 2022
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