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officials are pondering how much longer the war in ukraine could last. next up, i ll talk to an expert who doesn t see a quick end in sight and believes time might be on russia s side. we ll be right back. if i go to sleep right now, i will get four. hours and eighteen minutes. so great. taha, that s funny. it s messing witme now. i know exactly what it s doing. ok. ok.
translator: well, i came here to fight. if i were concerned about my safety, i would not have left russia. my goal is to be useful to my homeland, to ukraine. my goal is to be here until ukraine wins the war. i want to see victory, and i want to see a victory parade in kyiv and in my own hometown, and i don t regret this at all. reporter: volobuev may not be a household name in the west or even in russia for that matter, but his voice is added to a chorus of prominent russians turning their backs on putin as the war in ukraine drags on. from this tv journalist, who protested on the evening news, to two former government officials and these oligarchs hit by sanctions. the interesting question perhaps is will it encourage others? those people who have spoken have restricted themselves to very benign statements about regretting the loss of life in ukraine. but clearly fearful about what can happen to them. so it would, i think, take many more brave people to stand up
vladimir putin? yeah, there s a real risk that russia now tries to stay in the east and in the south of the country and thereby to prolong the war. my colleague and i, we argue that actually prolonging the war might well be in russia s interest because it would prevent a humiliating defeat, and the longer the war continues, russia would have the opportunity to regroup its forces to get some new conscripts in. on the other hand, for ukraine a prolonged war would be devastating for the country and for western supporters of ukraine, this would mean that military support and western military equipment, would have to continue for months and years. and this would be a very costly although necessary support. many believe, of course, that putin s aim goes much further than ukraine, that he wants to reconstitute a greater russia, if you like, that he regrets the loss of the soviet union.