“Their military is very skillful and very professional.
There are not as many of them as there were in Soviet times, but they are very skillful.
In fact, Russia is a great power.
This is not in doubt because of their capabilities, ”Millie told The Wall Street Journal.
The chief of staff also drew attention to the ability of the Russian Armed Forces to find unconventional solutions to the assigned tasks, the cyber capabilities of the Russian army and the combat readiness of the Aerospace Forces, the Navy and ground forces.
At the same time, the general stressed that in the "strategic sense" the Russian state, despite the presence of strategic nuclear forces, is experiencing a "decline", due, among other things, to the consequences of the events of the 1990s.