According to The Epoch Times dated April 6, the top U.S. general acknowledged that he believes the Russia-Ukraine war will last much longer than previously anticipated and will develop into a “protracted conflict.”
“Even though we’re a month-plus into the war, there is much of the ground war left in Ukraine,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley told a House Armed Services hearing Tuesday when asked by Rep. Bill Keating (D-Mass.).
“But I do think this is a very protracted conflict, and I think it’s at least measured in years. I don’t know about a decade, but at least years for sure.”
Members of Congress also pressed Milley on whether the United States could have taken any action ahead of Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24.
The general suggested that the only way to deter Russia would have been to send American troops into Ukraine, which isn’t a member of NATO.
