Putin 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

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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

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.

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