 War between Moscow and Kiev would continue another two to three years, Russian State Duma Deputy Chairman. The Ukraine conflict is unlikely to end in the near future because Kiev is putting up a strong resistance due to massive Western military support. Russian State Duma Deputy Chairman Pyotr Tolstoy has predicted. In an interview with a Russian TV presenter, Vyacheslav Manucharov, Tolstoy said that he believed that the hostilities between Moscow and Kiev would continue for another two to three years. It won't be quick, there is serious resistance, the enemy is tough. We should not underestimate the fact that almost all countries are supplying Kiev with weapons and material. Ukraine has nothing of its own, it is fighting only with what it has received, the lawmaker stated. Tolstoy acknowledged that the conflict would take its toll on Russia, but argued that the military campaign must continue. Moscow currently controls around 100,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory, including the Black Sea Peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed in 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that Ukraine has achieved any success in its three-month-old counteroffensive. Kiev reported new minor gains in its grinding campaign to retake territory in the southeast. Ukraine is conducting a so-called counteroffensive. Of course, there are no results, Putin said.