US doubles down its support of Ukraine for ‘the long haul’

LLOYD AUSTIN | SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: “our resolve to support Ukraine’s defenders extends through all seasons.“

JIMMIE JOHNSON: AN IRONCLAD COMMITMENT FROM DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN
TO SUPPORT UKRAINE “INDEFINITELY”.

WHILE OVERSEAS IN BELGIUM, AUSTIN SPOKE AT A MEETING OF THE UKRAINE DEFENSE CONTACT GROUP. HE SAID THE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES PARTICIPANTS FROM MORE THAN 50 NATIONS, NATO AND THE EUROPEAN UNION, WOULD CONTINUE TO BOOST UKRAINE’S DEFENSIVE CAPABILITIES. THAT DOESN’T HINGE ON THE OUTCOME OF ANY PARTICULAR BATTLE.
AUSTIN’S COMMENTS COME AFTER RUSSIA’S LATEST ROUND OF MISSILE STRIKES AGAINST UKRAINE THAT WOUNDED AND KILLED INNOCENT CIVILIANS.

LLOYD J. AUSTIN III | SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: “The whole world has just seen yet again the malice and cruelty of Putin’s war of choice rooted in aggression and waged with deep contempt of the rules of war.“}

JOHNSON: G-7 LEADERS ALSO PROMISED TO BACK UKRAINE AGAINST RUSSIAN AGGRESSION FOR “AS LONG AS IT TAKES”.