Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley on Tuesday said he believes the conflict in Ukraine is "very protracted" and will last for years.
Milley, the highest ranking military official in the United States, testified before the House Armed Services Committee, his first appearance since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February. He shared that he expects "NATO, the United States, Ukraine, and all of the allies and partners supporting Ukraine will be involved in this for quite some time." It might not be a decade, he said, but the conflict will be "measured in years."
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