Putin ‘wants to buy time’ with hopes that Winter will end…

Strategic policy expert Prof Alexey Muraviev suggested Vladimir Putin’s is to drain Western countries “militarily and emotionally.” The Curtin University academic claimed that Putin wanted the West to be limited when it came to supplying Ukraine with weapons supplies. Prof Muraviev argued the Russian leader could be hoping for the winter to shift the West’s focus into supporting their own citizens through an energy shortage rather than on providing Kyiv with military aid.Prof Muraviev told Sky News Australia: “I mean Putin is driving… Putin’s strategy in fighting this war is very clear.”He wants to buy time, he wants to drain Ukraine, he wants to drain the West.”He wants to drain the West militarily because there are growing problems with how much it can continue to supply Ukraine.”Quite a few Western militaries are facing the reality that they need to start replenishing their arsenal.JUST IN: ‘Smoking Bro’ grandad ran marathon in under 3.5 hours slowed only to light cigarette Curtin University Professor Alexey Muraviev (Image: Getty/Sky News Australia) Ukrainian artillery unit (Image: Getty)Prof Muraviev added: “Because he wants to drain the West, not so much economically but emotionally.”The war syndrome will start taking term, Winter is coming in Europe and then the Europeans will start to be preoccupied with trying to keep themselves warm.”And with power rather than thinking of Ukraine, and obviously the elections are coming in Russia in 2024.”The elections are coming in the United States in 2024, also in Ukraine, so 2024 will be a symbolic year.”READ MORE: Australian mining billionaire launches fund to begin costly Ukraine reconstructionUkraine is known to experience rather harsh winters, with grounds often freezing over and temperatures reaching well below zero – conditions that would make both Russian aggression and Ukrainian counter-offensives difficult to push forward.President Volodymyr Zelensky has maintained his country will not stop defending itself and will continue to advance until all Ukrainian territory, including Crimea, is liberated.But Putin is unlikely to budge on returning the annexed area despite suffering a series of unprecedented attacks on his troops, including the partial destruction of the Kerch Bridge in October.Defence expert Robert Fox claimed that Russia is running out of long-range precision missiles, and maybe possibly seeking a new deal with Iran for more supplies.DON’T MISS: Environment minister Zac Goldsmith ‘runs away’ from 11-year-old climate activist at COP27[INSIGHT]Parents left devastated as girl, 17, dies after taking MDMA at sleepover with friends [REVEAL]Flooding in ‘battered and bruised’ New South Wales transform land into inland sea [SPOTLIGHT] Weapons Ukraine (Image: Getty)Mr Fox told GB News: “This is what makes it very difficult, it is a war of precision weapons.”He added: “But when precision weapons become unprecise, then you really are under threat.”And we know… We’ve had from a defence briefing that Russia is running out of its own precision weapons.”And is now seeking medium long-range missiles from Iran.”Moscow has denied purchasing weapons from Tehran but Ukrainian defence forces have reportedly captured a series of unmanned drones that appear to have been manufactured in Iran.READ NEXTNorth Korea fires ballistic missile towards South Korean waters sparking war fearsChances of full Ukrainian victory ‘not high’ but peace is possible, US General saysTwo dead in latest bloody Iran protests as security forces unleash violence on protestorsNATO warned not to ‘jump to conclusions’ over Poland attack amid WW3 riskQatar forced to issue apology after security threatens to smash Danish TV kit live on air