WASHINGTON, Apr 4 US thinks Ukraine conflict could last «months or longer» «, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said at a briefing on Monday. «The next phase could be measured in months or longer,» Sullivan said at a briefing, answering questions from reporters. According to him, the next stage of the Russian operation in Ukraine may become protracted. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
