The Russia-Ukraine war has dealt multiple setbacks to Vladimir Putin, the director of the CIA says.
William J. Burns said in an op-ed that the war had "proved foolish and illusory" for Putin.
The invasion, Burns said, had weakened Russia's military and economy.
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Russia's invasion of Ukraine has crippled its economy and left it beholden to China, says William J. Burns, the director of the CIA.
"Russia's economy is suffering long-term setbacks, and the country is sealing its fate as China's economic vassal," Burns wrote in an opinion article for Foreign Affairs on Tuesday.
Russia has been struggling under the West's crippling economic sanctions ever since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022. But the ties between Russia and China have only deepened, with bilateral trade reaching a record $240 billion in 2023, Chinese customs data showed.
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