The war in Ukraine which has been ongoing for more than 50 days now could be over once Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is removed from power. The comments were made by a former Kremlin official recently

During an interview with the Conflict Zone on Germany’s DW News, Russia’s former Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Fedorov said that Putin “will not stand back.”

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“He will continue until he reaches the goal,” Fedorov said, noting that he has known Putin for many years. “And the goal is to change, frankly speaking, change the regime in Ukraine.”

Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 and since then, Putin’s army has been taking over major cities and ports. The atrocities carried out by its military has been so high that the United Nations’ Human Rights Council was forced to suspend Russia.

During a press conference on Tuesday, Putin spoke about peace talks with Ukraine but said that “Such inconsistency on fundamental issues creates certain difficulties in reaching final agreements acceptable to everyone on the negotiation track.”

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Putin continued, “And until this happens, the military operation will continue until it is fully completed and the tasks that were set at the beginning of this operation are solved.”

Putin also said Tuesday that Russia’s military operation in Ukraine is helping to save people, as well as “simply taking measures to ensure the security of Russia itself.”

During the recent interview, Fedorov made similar comments, saying that the “feeling” within the Kremlin is that “the victory is near.”

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He also said that victory will be reached “in the coming days, or maybe the coming weeks.”

“This will turn Ukraine leadership on their knees and they will agree on any document to sign,” Fedorov said.