Pentagon Report Says Russia Will Be Suffering A 'Catastrophic Strategic Disaster' In Ukraine

This photograph taken on September 30, 2022 shows abandoned Russian tank in the recently retaken area near Kharkiv. Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP 

Insider: Russia's military has likely lost half its tanks in Ukraine and will be weaker than it was before the war, Pentagon says 

* Russia has likely lost half its main battle tanks in Ukraine, a senior US defense official said. 

* Putin has also lost tens of thousands of troops, the Pentagon's Colin Kahl told reporters this week. 

* Because of this, "Russia will emerge from this war weaker than it went in," he said. 

Russia has likely lost half of its main battle tanks fighting in Ukraine, a senior US defense official said Tuesday, adding that the Russian military will end up being weaker than it was before the war began. 

Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, told reporters this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin has "suffered a massive strategic failure" during his ongoing and unprovoked war in Ukraine. 

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Update: Russia Suffers ‘Catastrophic Strategic Disaster’ In Ukraine, Says Pentagon (Eurasia Review)  

WNU Editor: I do not see what the Pentagon is seeing. What I see is a geopolitical alignment now underway with Russia focused on Asia and the BRICs, and the ones who will be weaker in the end will be Europe. 

The Pentagon report is here .... Russia Suffers 'Catastrophic Strategic Disaster' in Ukraine (US Department of Defense).

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