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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Mark Trevelyan

Putin says Russia may be fighting in Ukraine for a long time

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the annual meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, via video link in Moscow, Russia December 7, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that his army could be fighting in Ukraine for a long time, but he saw "no sense" in mobilising additional soldiers at this point.

"As for the duration of the special military operation, well, of course, this can be a long process," Putin said, using his preferred term for Russia's invasion, begun in February.

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