Russia’s economy is encountering challenges that could compel President Vladimir Putin to end the ongoing war against Ukraine by 2025. According to economist Anders Åslund, cited by Fortune.com and Ziare,

"Ukraine could win the war if it had an additional $50 billion per year, as well as a green light to bomb military targets inside Russia."

Ukraine’s military said it struck a major oil terminal Monday in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia’s war effort as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the war has entered a key phase. Both sides are facing the issue of how to sustain their costly war of attrition — a conflict that started with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and that shows no signs of a resolution.

A Russian Kinzhal aero-ballistic missile on October 7 struck one of Ukraine's key military airfields in Starokostiantyniv, located in the western part of the

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, emphasised in an interview with the American publication "Newsweek" the necessity of ending the "conflict" in Ukraine, rather than merely reaching a ceasefire.