Professor Igor Gundarov has warned Russia's population is at risk due to crippling fertility rates - and claimed Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine as the catalyst of the rise in issues

"They are already preparing for a conflict with the Russian Federation," Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said.

Europe must be prepared for a decade of Ukranian war, the outgoing secretary general of Nato has warned. Speaking to the BBC, Jens Stoltenberg said the "paradox" of the war in Ukraine is the longer the western military alliance commits to fighting the war,

General Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, has stated that Ukraine has a "great strategy" for waging war against Russia, although the course of hostilities is becoming increasingly challenging to predict.

The Kremlin is preparing Russians for a 10-year war with Kyiv. The ultimate result is expected to be the complete destruction of Ukraine, according to the latest report from the American Institute for the Study of War.

"The main message is that the stronger the support for Ukraine and the longer we are willing to commit, the sooner this war can end," Stoltenberg told BBC. "The paradox is that now (Russian) President Putin believes that he can wait us out.

"We don't have enough troops...we even throw the wounded who haven't been completely healed to the front," said Maxim Kalashnikov.

Russia is preparing its citizens for the prospect of another decade of war as it refers to Ukraine as 'Country 404.'