MOSCOW — Russia's defence minister said on Monday (Dec 16) that Moscow must be ready to fight the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) military alliance in Europe in the next decade, as President Vladimir Putin said he believed the Ukraine war was turning in Moscow's favour.
Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov speaks during an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre in Moscow, Russia on Dec 16, 2024.MOSCOW — Russia's defence minister said on Monday that Moscow must be ready to fight the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation military alliance in Europe in the next decade, as President Vladimir Putin said he believed the Ukraine war was turning in Moscow's favour.
Belousov set out a raft of changes and reforms that he said were needed, "taking into account the nature of future military conflicts." Putin told the same gathering that the large numbers volunteering for service were turning the tide of the Ukraine war in Moscow's favour, as open-source maps suggest his army is advancing at the fastest pace since 2022.
Belousov said Russia had pushed Ukrainian forces out of almost 4,500 sq km of territory this year, and was taking about 30 sq km a day.
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