President Zelensky has said President Putin will not survive a long war against Ukraine and will be dead within ten years.

In exclusive interview with Brazilian TV channel GloboNews, Zelensky was asked whether Ukraine could repeat the fate of Syria, where Russia has been fighting alongside the government since 2015.

“Putin will not live for so many years,” he said. “At the pace at which he is fighting with us, he didn’t fight [like that] in Syria.

“He won’t withstand it. He won’t live for 30 more years. He will die – this is completely clear.

“But he won’t survive ten years either. He’s not the same figure anymore.”

In Syria, a civil war broke out in 2011 between supporters of the government of Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian and Kurdish opposition formations. Since 2015, units of the Russian Defense Ministry have been participating in the war on the side of Assad.

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Zelensky further explained that the entire Russian army had been deployed against Ukraine, but he expressed confidence that its backbone had already been weakened and diminished.

He said the Kremlin is seeking a pause in the conflict to accumulate resources, lift sanctions, and gain political support globally, but Ukraine will not allow such a situation to happen, and Kyiv will take necessary actions to prevent Russia from regaining strength to initiate a full-scale war again.

Zelensky’s remarks came after a previous statement in December, wherein he remarked that the war in Ukraine would end with Putin’s death.

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He pointed out the risks of an authoritarian regime being overly dependent on a single person and expressed the belief that without Putin, Russia’s focus might shift from foreign policy to domestic matters.

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Seymour Butz
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I love talking about Putin’s inevitable and impending death. Great for the digestion!

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Biden is not your friend
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I enjoy when the once bully Russia (Putin) becomes the old feeble and weak “bully” after getting “punched in the nose a few times”. Ukraine needs to continue attacking Russian Cities and bashing their heads whenever they see fit. Of course the weaker kid, tucks tail and threatens nuclear war which we all know is sabre rattling. Three ships got though their blockade because they are back pedaling and becoming weaker by the day. Ukraine needs more longer range anti-ship and missles to cause more havoc in Putin’s back yard

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Imokru2
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Putin is a dead man walking It is likely that his military will seize the government and end the war. Putin will not see the war’s end.
It could happen at any time.

Globalization
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@Imokru2,
Zelensky is a mad how is doing victim his nation, he life in dream, war should be stop.

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