 Rift in Russian army, real, and Russia's losses, atrocious. Ben Wallace, Secretary of State for Defense of the United Kingdom, has said that Russia is much more fragile than the Russians want to admit. The Guardian reported it, citing Ben Wallace. Wallace said that the war in Ukraine is winnable. I think Russia is much more fragile than the Russians want to admit. The splinter in the hierarchy of the Russian army is very real. The casualty rates are atrocious. Wallace added. It's stressed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been very, very cautious of respecting NATO's territory. The Russians have been really, really cautious to make sure they don't provoke. You could argue that the alliance in itself does function. The deterrent of Article 5 functions, Wallace said, referring to the NATO article that provides that if a NATO ally is the victim of an armed attack, each and every other member of the alliance will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against all members and will take the necessary actions it deems necessary to assist the ally attacked. Wallace also said that the war in Ukraine has seen a reinvigoration of NATO after the alliance's long stagnation period.