The war in Ukraine has become a “large strategic failure” for the Kremlin, said Colin Cal, Deputy Minister of Defense of the United States for political issues. His statements quoted by Moscow Times.
According to Kaly, Russia lost half of its main combat tanks and spent most of its high -precision weapons. More than 80% of the Russian ground forces were bogged down in Ukraine, and sanctions and export control will greatly make it difficult to restore their armed forces to the state in which they were before the war, Kala noted. Russia suffered “tens of thousands of losses” since the beginning of the war, which is much more than the losses of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, he added.
Kal also noted that both parties in the US Congress support the advancement of Ukraine, but what this support will look like in the future may change. Kal Democrat himself, his party is more unanimously supported by President Biden’s initiatives for financial assistance to Ukraine. However, the level of support of Ukraine among the republican voters is falling, they are increasingly asking questions about the financial program for helping Kyiv conducted by the Biden administration.