INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had "no doubt" Moscow would emerge victorious in Ukraine on Wednesday, despite military setbacks in
the nearly year-long offensive.Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukraine in February last year, and in September announced a military
mobilization to prop up Moscow's forces in the country.Despite a number of military defeats, victory was "guaranteed, I have no doubt about
it," Putin told workers at a factory in St
Petersburg."The unity and solidarity of the Russian people, the courage and heroism of our fighters and, of course, the work of the
military-industrial sector" would secure victory, he added.Putin also praised the Russian defense industry as he spoke at the plant, which
Petersburg to mark the 80th anniversary of Soviet forces breaking the siege of Leningrad as the city was known at the time.His comments came
a week after he replaced Russia's top commander in Ukraine, a move that followed a string of defeats on the battlefield in Ukraine last
