Ukraine can win the war with Russia if it has good equipmentsaid today the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austinafter a visit he made yesterday Sunday in Kyiv with him Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
«The first thing to gain is to believe that you can do it. And they (including the Ukrainians) are confident that they can win“Austin told reporters.
“They can win if they have good equipment, good support,” he added after his visit to Kyiv yesterday, during which he and Blinken met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
«The focus of the meeting was on talking about things that will help us win the current battle and also build for tomorrow.“, Explained the American minister, describing the meeting as” constructive “.
According to Austin, Zelensky is grateful for what the United States is doing to help his country, he added, adding that the nature of the fighting has changed Ukraine needs long-range weaponswhile Kyiv pointed out that it needs tanks.
As for the weapons that the US is offering to Ukraine, the US Secretary of Defense commented that Washington finds it difficult to monitor what is happening with them as there are no US forces on the ground, but stressed that asked the Ukrainians to watch as well as possible where these weapons are going.
«We want to see Russia weakened to such an extent that it can not do things like the invasion of Ukraine“, Austin underlined.
«She has already lost many of her military skills and many troops to be honest and we do not want her to be able to quickly restore those skills“, He added. .
For his part, Anthony Blinken estimated that “Russia has not achieved its military goals, Russia has already failed and Ukraine has already succeeded».
«We saw people on the streets of Kiev, proof that the battle for Kyiv has been won“, He underlined, commenting however that”This is in stark contrast to what is happening in other parts of Ukraine, in the south and in the east, where Russian violence is simply horrific.».
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