US general: It will be 'very difficult’ to remove Putin’s forces from Ukraine this year – video

Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, told reporters at the US Ramstein Air Base that he did not believe it was realistic to expect Ukraine to push Russian troops out of its internationally recognised territory. 'From a military standpoint, I still maintain that from this year it would be very, very difficult to militarily eject Russian forces from every inch of Russian-occupied Ukraine,' he said, adding the caveat that he didn't believe it was impossible

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