Austin to Zelensky: US support for Ukraine will continue

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, the Secretary of Defense of the United States emphasized the long-term support of this country against Russia in a meeting with the President of Ukraine on Monday evening.

According to the website of the news network “FRance-24” “Lloyd Austin”, the US Secretary of Defense (Pentagon) in the ambassador to “Kiev” from the US Embassy in this The city visited and then assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that US support for Ukraine would continue.

Austin told Zelensky: “The message I bring you today is that the United States is with you. We will stay with you for a long time.

According to this report, the US has provided more than 40 billion dollars in security aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The US Defense Minister added: “What is happening here in Ukraine is important not only for Ukraine, but for the rest of the world and certainly for America as well.”

The US Defense Secretary’s trip to Kiev is his second trip since Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022. The US is by far the largest military supplier to Ukraine, and cutting off US aid would be a major blow to Ukraine as it prepares for a second winter of war.

Zelensky said the meeting Austin was an important yak for Ukraine. He thanked the Congress as well as the American people for supporting Ukraine. He said: “We are counting on your support.”

However, according to Western experts and officials and even the Ukrainians themselves, Kiev has failed in counterattacks against Despite having advanced western weapons and equipment, the Russian army has succeeded and suffered heavy casualties.

A senior official of the Ukrainian government recently said that the army Russia managed to destroy 30% of the country’s energy infrastructure in just 2 days.

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