WASHINGTON – U.S. Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin defended America’s response to the conflict in Ukraine on Tuesday throughout a heated alternate with a Republican lawmaker who accused the Pentagon of over-estimating Russia’s navy functionality.
“Has it occurred to you that Russia has not overrun Ukraine due to what we’ve carried out? And our allies have carried out? Have you ever ever even thought of that?,” Austin requested rhetorically to Rep. Matt Gaetz throughout testimony to the Home Armed Companies Committee. Austin and different U.S. officers say U.S. assist to Ukrainian forces, together with Ukraine’s robust will to struggle, has thwarted Russia’s plans for a swift victory in its now greater than month-long invasion.
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