“You know, the Russians have a huge army and impressive weapons, but the outcome of the conflict is not decided by this, but by the cause for which the struggle is going on,” RIA Novosti quotes Austin as saying at a conference in Canada.
He noted that difficult times are ahead, in light of the onset of winter in Ukraine.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, said that the Ukrainian army would not be able to dislodge Russian troops from Ukraine.