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VLADIMIR Putin could only have ten days to win the war in Ukraine before his forces buckle, defence experts have claimed.
The Russian tyrant expected a quick victory when he ordered the invasion on February 23 but his forces have encountered fierce resistance, with 150 Kremlin troops killed overnight in Mariupol.
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The invasion has seen Russian pilots blasted out of the sky, tanks caught in huge traffic jams and videos of sobbing showing soldiers after surrendering to the Ukrainians.
Ukraine claims to have killed around 13,500 Russian troops and destroyed a large amount of equipment.
Among the dead are at least 12 top commanders, including three generals, with the latest killed a top spy commander.
Now both a senior UK defence source and the former commander of US forces say the game could soon be up for Russia.
“Ukraine has Russia on the run,” the source told the Daily Mail.
“It is running out of manpower and running out of energy. As long as we keep pressing they’ve got ten to 14 days before reaching their culminating point
“That’s when the strength of Ukraine’s resistance should become greater than Russia’s attacking force.”
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Meanwhile, retired US army General Ben Hodges has predicted Russian forces will be unable to continue their assault on Ukraine 10 days from now – if Ukraine can hold out that long.
The former commander of United States Army Europe for three years highlighted three key deficiencies holding back the Russian military.
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“Russia’s decision to transition to a war of attrition – they’re smashing cities, putting civilians on the road because of fear of being murdered – they need three things to do this,” Gen Hodges told MSNBC.
“And they don’t have those three things. They don’t have the time, they don’t have the manpower, and I don’t think they have the ammunition.
“So, in about 10 days, in my assessment – and this is assuming that we, the West, not only continue but accelerate the delivery of the capabilities Ukrainians need to destroy Russian long-range artillery and rocket launchers and missile sites.
“Assuming we do that, then I think within the next 10 days, Russia is going to culminate. That means they won’t be able to continue the attack.
“So it’s kind of a race, actually. If we give the Ukrainians enough, where they can outlast Russia until Russia culminates, then in my assessment, unless something dramatically different happens, it’s about 10 days.”
Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian cities from and the air and with artillery.
Moscow’s forces have been making progress in the south with the defence ministry saying it now occupies the region around Kherson, the first major city to fall into Russian hands.
But in the southern city of Mariupol, the Russians lost 150 personnel as well as tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, Ukraine’s defence ministry said.
There have also been reports that some members of the Russian armed forces are refusing to follow orders.
Mariupol is seeing the worst humanitarian crisis in the country, with residents struggling to access food and key supplies, but it remains under Ukrainian control.
A series of powerful explosions rocked Kyiv early Tuesday even as talks between Ukraine and Russia were set to resume.
At least three large blasts were heard in the centre of the capital with a column of smoke rising.
