InterviewPutin plays long game with West over Ukraine: former U.S. diplomat
Moscow prepared to see conflict through to bitter end, former envoy to Russia says
Russian President Vladimir Putin has never accepted the dissolution of the Soviet Union, says former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan. © Reuters
MASAHIRO OKOSHI, Nikkei Washington bureau chief
February 9, 2023 22:52 JST
WASHINGTON -- As Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches the one-year mark, a former U.S. ambassador to Moscow warns the world that President Vladimir Putin is prepared to see the war through for the long haul, with the fighting possibly lasting for years.