The State Department’s top spokesman acknowledged Friday it is “possible” that Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine will last through the end of this year. Ned Price gave the assessment during an interview with CNN, which previously reported that Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told European officials of Washington’s grim prediction that the war will rage for at least another eight months — even after tens of thousands have died in the conflict’s first 50 days.“That is possible, Kate,” Price told CNN host Kate Bolduan on Friday, “but what we are trying to do is to shorten this conflict. We think we can do that by strengthening Ukraine’s hand at the negotiating table. We’re doing that by providing Ukraine with an unprecedented amount of security assistance.
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