INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Top allies of President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow was ready for a prolonged conflict in Ukraine in order to achieve the
Kremlin's goals in the pro-Western country.The hostilities, which entered their fourth month Tuesday, have killed thousands of people,
displaced more than eight million, and forced more than six million refugees to flee across the borders."We will continue the special
military operation until all the objectives have been achieved, regardless of the massive Western aid to the Kyiv regime and the sanctions
added that Moscow's efforts to avoid civilian casualties "are of course slowing down the pace of the offensive, but this is
as necessary."We are not rushing to meet deadlines," Patrushev told the Russian newspaper Argumenty i Fakty in an interview published on
believed to have suffered significant human and material losses in Ukraine even though precise details have not been revealed by the
focused on securing and expanding its gains in Donbas and the southern coast.
