In an appearance on CNN yesterday, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, who was in town to meet with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, said that no matter what the final outcome of the war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has already lost.

“I think, overall, he's lost. I mean, if it was about making Russia greater, he's lost. And the tragedy is he's done that at the expense of an illegal invasion and killing thousands, potentially, of Ukrainians and his soldiers,” Wallace told CNN’s Brianna Keilar.

“He's reduced Russia to a lesser country in the world because of not only the invasion, which was illegal, and everyone recognizes, internationally, it's illegal, but what he's done to the reputation,” Wallace said. “He's also reduced his armed forces. He's put about 65% to 70% of all his land forces into the Ukrainian war. There, as we can see, sufferings of serious damage and will take years to refurbish. So, he's going to be less of a military power than this at the beginning.”

My comment: One can conclude that now Vladimir Putin is even more desperate than he was before. We have another "crazy person with nukes" situation right now.