Russian leader Vladimir Putin has no intention of ending the war in Ukraine.

Axar.az reports this was stated in a report published by the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

As analysts note, Russia's prolonged war in Ukraine is straining the Russian economy, including through rising inflation, draining Russia's sovereign wealth fund, and exacerbating existing labour shortages.

The experts believe that Russia is likely to face a number of material, human and economic problems in 12 to 18 months if Ukrainian forces continue to inflict damage on the Russian army on the battlefield at the current rate, which is likely to increase the economic burden felt by the Russian population in the future:

"Russian leader Vladimir Putin currently remains committed to continuing his war in Ukraine despite rising domestic political and economic pressure and has shown no indication that he is rethinking his determination to compel Ukraine to surrender.

Putin and other Kremlin officials have not abandoned their original war aims in Ukraine and continue to invoke their goals of 'denazifying' and 'demilitarising' Ukraine and banning Ukraine's ability to join any security blocs in the future, despite Russia's failure to defeat Ukraine militarily over the last three years.

Putin continues to signal to the Russian military and society that he will not end the war until Ukraine capitulates completely and that he has no interest in a negotiated peace agreement that requires Russia to compromise its long-standing war aims, despite Putin's efforts to signal interest in peace negotiations to Western leaders."