Top US general says Ukrainian victory unlikely this year

Ukrainian soldiers stand in front of a destroyed Ukrainian Antonov cargo aircraft in Hostomel during a donation ceremony of some ten off-road vehicles. Photograph: SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff has said Ukraine is unlikely to expel all Russian troops from its borders this year, calling that a "very, very difficult military task". Ukraine's president "has publicly stated many times that the Ukrainian objective is to kick every Russian out of Russian-occupied Ukraine. And that is a significant military task," Gen Mark Milley said in a Defense One interview posted on Friday….