Russia’s flawed Ukraine invasion shows military’s ‘weaknesses,’ Panetta says

Published March 8, 2022 2:41pm ET



Former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta believes the Russian military’s “weaknesses” have been on display since its invasion of Ukraine nearly two weeks ago.

Panetta, 83, who helmed the Pentagon from 2011 to 2013 under the Obama administration, cited the troops’ apparent lack of training, leadership, and planning at a forum on foreign policy Monday with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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