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(142,278 posts) Mon Oct 21, 2024, 08:27 AM Oct 21

Lloyd Austin visits Ukraine as Zelensky warns of 'clear' North Korea threat

Source: ABC News

October 21, 2024, 3:35 AM

LONDON -- Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday morning for his third visit to the country since Russia's full-scale invasion began in 2022.

The Pentagon said in a statement that Austin "will meet with Ukrainian leadership and underscore the U.S. commitment to providing Ukraine with the security assistance it needs to defend itself from Russian aggression on the battlefield."

Austin will end his fourth visit to Ukraine as defense secretary with an address on Kyiv's successes, American commitment to supplying its troops and -- with just over two weeks until the U.S. presidential election -- "why Ukraine's fight matters for U.S. security," the Pentagon said.

A senior defense official told ABC News that Austin's visit is intended as an opportunity to consider the overall status of the war, plus to underscore the U.S. role in defeating Moscow's strategic objectives and inflicting "astronomical casualties" on Russian forces.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/International/lloyd-austin-visits-ukraine-zelensky-warns-clear-north/story?id=114980773

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Lloyd Austin visits Ukraine as Zelensky warns of 'clear' North Korea threat (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Oct 21 OP

Time to make Zelenskyy's plan to win the war official onetexan Oct 21 #1

This is an incredibly bad idea hueymahl Oct 21 #2

Had they done it 2.5 yrs ago the war wld've ended onetexan Oct 21 #4

War is a tragedy hueymahl Oct 21 #5

Here are the paragraphs where Zelenskyy warns of the NK threat: maxsolomon Oct 21 #3

onetexan

(13,896 posts)

1. Time to make Zelenskyy's plan to win the war official

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 08:37 AM

Oct 21

And officially accept Ukraine into NATO.

hueymahl

(2,645 posts)

2. This is an incredibly bad idea

Reply to onetexan (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:27 AM

Oct 21

Would put NATO and by extension the US in direct conflict with Russia, which, in case you need reminding, has the worlds largest nuclear arsenal.

onetexan

(13,896 posts)

4. Had they done it 2.5 yrs ago the war wld've ended

Reply to hueymahl (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:55 AM

Oct 21

And so many lives lost could've been saved.

hueymahl

(2,645 posts)

5. War is a tragedy

Reply to onetexan (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 02:28 PM

Oct 21

This one could have been avoided many ways.

maxsolomon

(35,048 posts)

3. Here are the paragraphs where Zelenskyy warns of the NK threat:

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 10:41 AM

Oct 21

"A new threat has emerged -- the malign alliance between Russia and North Korea," Zelenskyy said in a video statement posted to social media on Sunday evening.

"These are not just workers for production, but also military personnel," the president said. "We expect a proper and fair response from our partners on this matter."

"If the world remains silent now, and if we face North Korean soldiers on the front lines as regularly as we are defending against drones, it will benefit no one in this world and will only prolong this war," Zelenskyy said.

Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov -- the head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Directorate of Intelligence -- said there are now "nearly 11,000 North Korean infantry troops training in eastern Russia to fight in Ukraine."

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