Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has been "a catastrophic strategic disaster," according to a top U.S. defense official.
"But I can say one thing with confidence, which is, Russia has already suffered a massive strategic failure. That's not going to change," Colin H. Kahl, the U.S. Under Secretary of defense for policy, told the Defense Writers' Group on Tuesday.
Kahl briefed the group about the National Defense Strategy and said that the document lists China as the leading threat for the United States but that Russia poses an acute threat. "That term acute, was chosen very intentionally as signifying both immediate and sharp," he said.
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