Vladimir Putin's Defense Minister Andrei Beloussov predicts a complete military victory in Ukraine for the Russian army and the Kremlin leader. The Kremlin minister also gives a specific period of time.
What is currently important in the Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin has been waging open war against Ukraine since February 2022 and currently occupies around a fifth of his neighboring country. Recently there has been increased speculation about a possible end to the Ukraine war – also with a view to the inauguration of the elected US President Donald Trump in January 2025. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Beloussov has now made the prediction of Russia Complete military victory in Ukraine. Also a period called he.
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Andrei Beloussov: Putin minister predicts clear Kremlin signal in Ukraine war
It is a full-bodied statement that Vladimir Putin's Defense Minister Andrei Beloussov has now made. The four Ukrainian regions that the Kremlin leader annexed on his own initiative in 2022 (Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south of the country), but are still not fully controlled, will be fully conquered next year, Beloussov said at an expanded Defense Ministry meeting National Defense Control Center in Moscow.
- Much of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions have been controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014, the year Moscow illegally annexed Crimea.
- The annexation came after referendums organized days earlier by the Russian occupation authorities but condemned by the international community.
Beloussov explains: This is the only way Vladimir Putin will win the war in Ukraine
Defense Minister Beloussov said in his speech that Russia is striving for “victory” in this war next year, which will only come if the Russian armed forces achieve the goals stated by Putin. These are Putin's maximum demands, which he had already repeated publicly a few months ago.
- On June 14, Putin said Russia would only agree to a ceasefire and peace talks if Ukraine withdraws from the four oblasts, abandons its plans to join NATO and recognizes Crimea and Sevastopol as part of Russia.
Kremlin chief speaks of a “milestone year” in the Ukraine war
Beloussov said in his propaganda speech that Moscow captured almost 4,500 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in 2024 and is now gaining about 28 square kilometers per day. Putin recently said Russian forces accelerated their advance across the front line and captured 189 Ukrainian settlements in 2024, which he called a “milestone year” in the war.
The information cannot be independently verified.
Since the beginning of August, the Ukrainian army in Russia says it has taken several towns in the Kursk region. Nothing was heard of this from Beloussov.
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