Russia 

could already have lost half of its main battle tanks and used up most of its precision weapons in a war that has been a "major strategic failure" for the Kremlin.

This was stated by Colin Kahl, the Pentagon's deputy secretary of defense for policy, writes CNN.

According to him, Russia has suffered tens of thousands of casualties since the beginning of the large-scale war, which is "orders" more than during the war in Afghanistan. 

"They (Russians. - Ed.) probably lost half of their main battle tanks in the entire Russian army. 

They bogged down more than 80% of the ground forces in Ukraine. 

They have spent most of their high-precision munitions in Ukraine, and sanctions and export controls will make it very difficult for them to restore their army to what it was before the war," he said.

Colin Kahl added that 

Putin failed in the war against Ukraine and "Russia will come out of this war weaker than it entered."

"

Putin entered this war trying to destroy Ukraine as an independent, sovereign democratic country. 

Putin has failed and that will not change. 

Sovereign, independent, democratic Ukraine will endure

", he concluded.

We will remind, according to Norwegian experts, 

the Russian "military machine" turned out to be less competent than expected

and suffered a series of defeats in Ukraine.

Analysts believe that Putin made several very serious mistakes in the initial phase of the invasion, which contribute to what will be a long-term war of attrition.

As reported, during the day of November 8 in the south of Ukraine, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out 290 firing missions, hit the enemy's anti-aircraft defense 11 times from the sky, destroyed warehouses with ammunition, manpower and equipment of the aggressors.

It was established that the

Russian Federation lost

55 occupiers, 4 tanks, a Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile complex, an Akatsia self-propelled howitzer, two mortars and 9 units of armored vehicles.

In addition, 2 enemy ammunition depots near Snigurivka and Kostromka were destroyed.

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