Russian President Vladimir Putin offered a warning Thursday to those hoping Russia will be defeated militarily in Ukraine: "Largely speaking, we haven’t even yet started anything in earnest."
What he's saying: In a meeting with parliamentary leaders, Putin claimed western support for Ukraine would only prolong the war. Putin, who launched the war in February and has taken maximalist positions for any peace deal, said "the West wants to fight us until the last Ukrainian" because it wants to weaken Russia and "enforce its version of the global order."
