Lloyd Austin tweeted about a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart
Today I had another phone call with my colleague 🇺🇦 @ oleksiireznikov.
This was announced on Twitter by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
” We discussed the situation in eastern Ukraine, coordinated US work and international security assistance efforts that provide Ukrainians with the necessary capacity to continue to counter Russian aggression, “he wrote.
It will be recalled that on the night of April 24-25. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Pentagon President Lloyd Austin visit Kyiv. then at the Ramstein military base in Germany, Lloyd Austin held a meeting with 40 representatives of NATO countries to help Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggressors.
Recall that on May 9, US President Joe Biden < signed a land lease law for Ukraine, and on May 10, the US Congress passed a bill to allocate $ 40 billion to help Ukraine. However, when considering the bill in the Senate, Kentucky Senator Republican Rand Paul blocked the passage of the bill. It requires an article on the cost audit by a federal inspector.
