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Austin says U.S. wants Russia to be ‘weakened’ so it can't invade again
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told a group of reporters on April 25 that the
U.S. "wants to see Russia weakened to the degree it can't do the kinds of things
that it has done in invading Ukraine" after his Kyiv trip with Secretary of
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said April 25 that the U.S. wants Russia's
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IN POLAND, NEAR THE BORDER WITH UKRAINE — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, on the heels of a trip to Kyiv, pledged ongoing
American support to Ukraine as it faces the prospect of a protracted war against
Russia.

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Speaking in a hangar in Poland filled with crates of humanitarian aid, including
diapers, destined for Ukraine, the two top Biden administration officials said
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had expressed “deep appreciation” to the
United States.

“Our support for Ukraine going forward will continue … until we see final
success,” Blinken said after the first high-level U.S. visit to the Ukrainian
capital since Russia’s invasion began. “The bottom line is this: We don’t know
how the rest of this war will unfold, but we do know that a sovereign
independent Ukraine will be around a lot longer than Vladimir Putin is on the
scene.”

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Officials described the three-hour visit in Kyiv, following stops there in
recent weeks by a number of European leaders, as a symbolic show of support for
Ukraine’s leaders and a message of Western resolve to the Kremlin.

In Ukraine, despair and bloodshed in the backdrop of a somber holiday

The officials, who traveled from Poland by train, said they informed Zelensky of
new military aid and the administration’s intent to resume diplomatic operations
in Ukraine this week, marking the return of U.S. diplomats for the first time
since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion.

Diplomats will begin by making day trips from Poland to Ukraine’s western city
of Lviv, where Ukrainians and foreigners have sought shelter from the violence
raging elsewhere in the country, a first step to reopening the U.S. Embassy that
was shuttered before the invasion, officials said ahead of Blinken’s remarks.

Other nations, including Britain, have announced a resumption of embassy
operations in Kyiv, and Blinken said the U.S. Embassy would probably reopen
there within weeks.



The two U.S. leaders said their visit to the Ukrainian capital, which Russian
forces were unable to capture despite an attempt in the initial weeks of the
war, highlighted the failure of Putin’s aims in Ukraine.

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Officials outlined additional steps that Blinken and Austin relayed to Ukrainian
officials during their brief stay in the capital, where they also met with
Ukraine’s foreign and interior ministers. They asked reporters to withhold the
name of the location in Poland that Blinken and Austin used as the jumping-off
point for their visit because of security reasons.

The Biden administration will announce the nomination of Bridget Brink, a career
diplomat who serves as ambassador to Slovakia, as ambassador to Ukraine, Blinken
said. There has been no confirmed U.S. ambassador to Ukraine since Marie
Yovanovitch was ousted in 2019.



The officials also brought with them promises of additional security aid,
including more than $300 million in military financing for Ukraine, allowing it
to buy more sophisticated air defense systems and stockpile arms compatible with
those used by NATO nations instead of Soviet-designed weapons. About $400
million more goes to help other countries purchase new weapons to boost their
stocks or, in some cases, replenish arms provided to Ukraine.

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The new pledge brings the amount the Biden administration has given Ukraine in
security assistance since the beginning of the war to about $3.7 billion.

Austin said the United States would respond to Ukraine’s military needs as the
war evolves. With the fight shifting to eastern and southern Ukraine, where
Russia is seeking to cement control of areas around Crimea and in regions where
Russian-backed separatists have been fighting Kyiv since 2014, Austin said
Ukrainian forces would now need more tanks and long-range munitions. “We’re
going to push as hard, as quickly as we can to get them what they need,” he
said.

Another senior State Department official said the depletion of Russian hardware
and forces in the war, in combination with sanctions and commercial
restrictions, was hurting Russia’s ability to resupply itself in Ukraine and
maintain military readiness at home.

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“They’re starting to get into a trade-off between what they can put into Ukraine
and what they need to hold in reserve as something to match up against NATO,”
the official said.

He noted that some nonmember states in Europe, including Finland, now appear to
be moving toward joining the alliance, which he described as another element
Russia would see as a threat. “This is a strategic debacle for Putin.”

The United States and other NATO nations have expanded the flow of weaponry to
Ukraine in recent weeks but have stopped short of providing fighter jets or, as
Zelensky demanded in the first weeks of the war, a NATO-enforced no-fly zone.

A senior U.S. defense official said Austin would update Zelensky on the promised
deliveries of howitzers and the ongoing training of Ukrainian troops on U.S.
artillery systems, part of a previously announced set of U.S. allocations.
Officials declined to identify where the training is being conducted.

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The Biden administration will also sell Ukraine up to $165 million in
“nonstandard ammunition” it can use for its existing weapons systems.

“The first step in winning is believing you can win. They believe that [they]
can win; we believe that they can win if they have the right equipment, the
right support,” Austin said. “We’re going to continue to do everything we can to
ensure that that gets [done].”


Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin held a
joint news conference in Poland on April 25 after their Kyiv visit. (Video: The
Washington Post)

After his Kyiv visit, Austin will travel to Germany for a meeting on Tuesday
with defense officials from a number of countries, including Ukraine.

Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is also traveling in
the region and will join Austin on Tuesday for the meeting with more than 40
NATO and non-NATO defense leaders at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. The
conference’s aim, Milley said, is to solicit new military aid and “to
coordinate, synchronize our efforts” over the next several weeks.

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“I think it’s accurate that the next several weeks will be very, very critical …
for the outcome of this battle that’s shaping up down in the south, the
southeast of Ukraine,” Milley told reporters at Ramstein, where he arrived
Sunday night.

“What we want to do is make sure the right type of aid is getting to the right
location at the right time, in the right quantities and make sure it’s all
properly synchronized to achieve the desired effect and outcome on the
battlefield,” he said.

Why is Ukraine’s Donbas region a target for Russian forces?

Officials said reestablishing the diplomatic presence within Ukraine will allow
embassy staffers to coordinate more closely with Ukrainian officials and,
eventually, provide more consular services.

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“This is the first step, and we expect to be able to accelerate that in the
coming days and weeks,” the State Department official said.

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The defense official said the Pentagon still views Ukraine’s port of Mariupol as
contested despite Russian statements about having completed a prolonged campaign
to seize the city, which is on the Sea of Azov.

Why Mariupol matters to Russia in three maps

“For all the Russian claims that they’ve got, it is certainly not acting like an
army that thinks they’ve got it because they continue to hit Mariupol,” he said.

He said Moscow had assigned about a dozen Russian tactical groups to the key
southern port. Mariupol, a major Russian objective, could help Russia secure a
land bridge to Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014 and could be used as a
jumping-off point for attempts to push north into other parts of Ukraine.

The official said fighting in the greater Donbas region, which includes Mariupol
and areas held by Russian-backed separatists, remained inconclusive.

Karen DeYoung contributed to this report.


WAR IN UKRAINE: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

The latest: The U.S. said Monday it will resume diplomatic operations in Ukraine
this week for the first time since the Russian invasion in February. Diplomats
will return to the western city of Lviv, a first step to reopening the U.S.
Embassy in Ukraine’s capital, officials said.

The fight: Russian forces continue to mount sporadic attacks on civilian targets
in a number of Ukrainian cities. Ukrainian prosecutors have been taking detailed
testimony from victims to investigate Russian war crimes.

The weapons: Ukraine is making use of weapons such as Javelin antitank missiles
and Switchblade “kamikaze” drones, provided by the United States and other
allies. Russia has used an array of weapons against Ukraine, some of which have
drawn the attention and concern of analysts.

In Russia: Putin has locked down the flow of information within Russia, where
the war isn’t even being called a war.

Photos: Post photographers have been on the ground from the very beginning of
the war — here’s some of their most powerful work.

How you can help: Here are ways those in the U.S. can help support the Ukrainian
people as well as what people around the world have been donating.

Read our full coverage of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Are you on Telegram?
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