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Lloyd Austin, who sat on the board of Raytheon, America’s second largest defense contractor before he was appointed by Joe Biden to become U.S. Secretary of Defense, promised his Ukrainian counterpart that Kyiv will get what it needs from the U.S. to defeat Russia in the Ukraine War.
Austin had a phone call with Oleksii Reznikov, the Ukrainian defense chief, on Friday and promised that the U.S. is “unwavering” in its commitment to Ukraine.
The secretary “also underscored the international community’s continued support in building Ukraine’s enduring strength and safeguarding Ukraine’s ability to defend itself in the future, as demonstrated by the security assistance commitments made by allies and partners at the most recent Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting” earlier this month, a statement read.
TRENDPOST: The Trends Journal has reported extensively on how the U.S. has flooded Ukraine with a nearly unlimited amount of weapons and other financial support to keep the Ukrainian economy afloat. (See “PUTIN GIVES UPDATE ON UKRAINE WAR, KYIV’S REFUSAL TO NEGOTIATE, RECENT BOMBINGS,” “U.S. DISREGARDS RUSSIA’S WARNINGS…AGAIN, SAYS UKRAINE CAN TARGET TERRITORY SEIZED BY RUSSIAN FORCES” and “WAR-MONGERS IN CONGRESS WANT PENTAGON TO INCREASE WEAPONS TO UKRAINE.”)
Russia has said repeatedly that the U.S. and West is willing to fight Moscow to the last Ukrainian in hopes to destroy the Russian Federation. Austin was in Poland in April when he told reporters that he wants “Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine” He said the ultimate goal is that Russia should not have the ability to “very quickly reproduce” the equipment that it lost during its fight with Ukraine.
Austin vowed to stay in close touch with Reznikov.
Call With Moscow
Austin held a call with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu, about the situation unfolding in Ukraine, which was reportedly the first call between the two since 13 May.
“Secretary Austin emphasized the importance of maintaining lines of communication amid the ongoing war against Ukraine,” the Pentagon said.
Shoigu claimed that the war was entering a dangerous phase and that Ukraine could decide to deploy a dirty bomb. The Wall Street Journal reported that Western officials expressed concerns that Russia could be planning its own dirty bomb attack so it can blame Ukraine and justify its own use of a tactical nuclear weapon.
Anthony J. Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, rejected Shoigu’s “transparently false” allegation.
“A dirty bomb would be an ineffective battlefield weapon. Generally speaking, a dirty bomb is a crude device that seeks to spread radioactive contamination over a relatively small area of land—several small blocks,” Scott Roecker, vice president for nuclear materials security at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, told the WSJ. “A dirty bomb is more a psychological weapon than a weapon that would cause mass destruction. It wouldn’t change the direction of the war.”
TRENDPOST: It has been long reported that despite the unlimited support from the U.S., Kyiv has not been forthcoming to Washington about its battlefield losses, advancements, or plans. So it is complete propaganda when Blinken and the West rejects Russia’s claim about the dirty bomb. They don’t know Ukraine’s next move, but know it does not include a dirty bomb?
The Western media continues to protect Kyiv from any missteps and has been focused solely on seeing Russian President Vladimir Putin fail. (See “UKRAINE’S FOREIGN MINISTER ADMITS BOMBING CRIMEA BRIDGE.”)
Another delegation of U.S. House of Representative members visited Ukraine last week—fully funded by taxpayers. U.S. Reps. Mike Turner, James Himes, and Eric Swalwell all got the photo op in Kyiv. It is worth noting that Swalwell, who no doubt could not find Ukraine on a map, was accused of being duped by an alleged Chinese spy for years. These are the morons who represent the U.S. in Ukraine.