new video loaded: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is a ‘Strategic Failure,’ Says Blinken
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken addressed the status of the war in Ukraine during a visit to NATO’s newest member, Finland.
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The United States has been working with Ukraine, and allies and partners around the world, to build consensus around the core elements of a just and lasting peace. A just and lasting peace must uphold the U.N. Charter and affirm the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence. A just and lasting peace requires Ukraine’s full participation and assent. Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine. As I’ve made clear by virtually every measure, President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has been a strategic failure. The Kremlin often claimed it had the second-strongest military in the world, and many believed it. Today, many see Russia’s military as the second-strongest in Ukraine — its equipment, technology, leadership, troops, strategy, tactics and morale, a case study in failure, even as Moscow inflicts devastating, indiscriminate and gratuitous damage on Ukraine and Ukrainians. Russia is estimated to have suffered more than 100,000 casualties in the last six months alone, as Putin sends wave after wave of Russians into a meat grinder of his own making.
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