Beijing (CNN) -- When it comes to Russia's annexation of Crimea and possible further expansion in eastern Ukraine, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is taking the long view. "This isn't a matter of one or two days or one or two weeks," Hagel told CNN's Jim Sciutto in an interview Wednesday during a visit to China. "When Russia has taken the action it has to violate the integrity and sovereignty of a nation, there will be long-term consequences." Now, he said, "those long-term consequences are playing out." Long-term consequences News headlines chronicle continued political instability in the region, with pro-Russian separatists occupying government buildings in eastern Ukraine while Russian troops are gathered across the border.
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CNN's Jim Sciutto interviews Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel during his visit to China
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Hagel says sanctions and isolation will hurt Russia
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Not a matter of "one or two days or one or two weeks," Hagel says
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NEW: Hagel notes efforts to build trust with China despite differences
Russia has "really isolated itself in a global community that @placeholder needs," Hagel argued, adding that "we all need to be part of a global community for our own economic interests as well as security and stability."