Biden Says Russia Can't Sustain Years of War in Ukraine

US President Joe Biden said he did not think Vladimir Putin could continue to fight his war in Ukraine for years, citing the economic and political toll on Russia.

“I don’t think that they Russia could maintain the war,” Biden said Thursday at a press conference in Helsinki, when asked by a reporter if the war, already nearing its 18-month point, could drag on for years.

“I think that there is going to be a circumstance where eventually, President Putin is going to decide it’s not in the interest of Russia — economically, politically or otherwise, to continue this war, but I can’t predict exactly how that happens,” Biden added. “Putin has already lost the war. Putin has a real problem.”

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