Secretary of Protection Lloyd Austin stated on Monday that america needs to see Russia so "weakened" that the nation will not have the ability to launch a brand new invasion just like the one in Ukraine sooner or later.

The remark was made to reporters in the future after Austin traveled to Kyiv with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the place the 2 met with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and members of the Ukrainian authorities for a 90-minute bilateral assembly.

It was the highest-level go to to Ukraine made by a U.S. consultant because the starting of the warfare on February 24, and a robust message of solidarity from the U.S.

"We need to see Russia weakened to the diploma that it could possibly't do the sorts of issues that it has carried out in invading Ukraine," Austin instructed reporters throughout a press convention at an unknown location in Poland after the journey to Kyiv.

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U.S. Protection Secretary Lloyd Austin, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. President Joe Biden hear as Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi (on display not pictured) speaks throughout a digital assembly within the South Courtroom Auditorium of the White Home complicated April 11, 2022 in Washington, DC. Blinken and Austin traveled to Kyiv on Sunday to fulfill with Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky.Drew Angerer/Getty Pictures

"So it has already misplaced a whole lot of navy functionality. And a whole lot of its troops, fairly frankly. And we need to see them not have the aptitude to in a short time reproduce that functionality."

Blinken stated that Russia's plan to "subjugate Ukraine and take its independence" has "failed."

The go to of the 2 officers on Sunday was adopted by the announcement of an extra $713 million in navy support from the U.S. to Ukraine and European allies.

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