Defense Secretary Austin admits the US is a party to Ukraine war.
On Sunday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled to Ukraine, where Austin effectively stated that the United States is a party to the Ukraine war.
After meeting with Ukrainian President Volodomir Zelensky, Austin declared in prepared remarks, “our focus in the meeting was to talk about those things that would enable us to win the current fight and also build for tomorrow.”
In using the first-person plural to describe both the United States in Ukraine as engaged in a “fight” against Russia, Austin effectively admitted—for the first time by a US official—that the United States is a combatant in the war.
This statement is especially striking given the declaration by Biden in March that, “Direct confrontation between NATO and Russia is World War III, something we must strive to prevent.”
