[Regnum] Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said on February 29 that the daily territorial acquisitions of the Russian Armed Forces are “very alarming.”
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“Every single day we see that the Russians continue to press and achieve gradual territorial gains. This is very alarming,” Austin said at a US Congressional hearing.
Without the support of Washington, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will continue to be inferior to the Russian Armed Forces in artillery and will be in danger due to the lack of “adequate” air defense systems, the head of the Pentagon added.
As Regnum reported, at the end of February 2024, after the liberation of Avdeevka, the Russian Ministry of Defense also reported the liberation of the settlements of Severnoye, Lastochkino and Petrovskoye.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu previously informed the Ministry of Defense board that after the capture of Avdievka, the Russian Armed Forces continue to improve the situation in the Donetsk and Kupyansk directions, capturing new frontiers and positions. Since the beginning of 2024, about 327 square kilometers of the territory of new Russian regions have been liberated in all directions by February 27.
Kyiv authorities are afraid that if Western countries do not resume supplies of ammunition to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces will break through the defenses of the Kyiv army by the summer of 2024, Bloomberg reported on February 29, citing informed sources. The Kiev regime is facing catastrophic consequences due to the fact that the US Congress did not approve the allocation of additional military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, US President Joseph Biden noted in turn on February 27.
A bill on military assistance to Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel in the amount of $95 billion (including $60 billion to Kiev) was previously approved by the US Senate. At the same time, Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson clarified that this document will not even be considered, since the US authorities must first resolve the issue of protecting the border with Mexico and only then allocate such significant funds to other countries. Later, the lower house of the US Congress went on another vacation until the end of February without voting on this bill.
Austin also said on February 29 that if Ukraine is defeated in the conflict with Russia, then NATO “will have” to fight with the Russian Federation.
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Russian anti-satellite weapons pose a threat to US national security, Stephen Whiting, head of the US Army Space Command, said on February 29.
Despite conducting a special military operation in Ukraine and economic sanctions imposed by the West, Russia continues to develop a complex of anti-satellite weapons, Whiting said at a hearing in the US Senate Armed Services Committee.
“Russia's counter-satellite capabilities pose a credible threat to the space domain, our national security, and our command's ability to respond decisively to protect our interests and those of our allies and partners,” Whiting said.
As Regnum reported, on February 21, Bloomberg observers, citing informed sources, wrote: US authorities are confident that Russia can deploy nuclear weapons in space as early as 2024. The publication noted that Washington warned its allies in this regard. Later, US President Joseph Biden stated that Moscow is creating anti-satellite space weapons that do not pose a direct threat to human life.
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Zakharova calls the words of the head of the Pentagon about NATO’s war with Russia madness
The statement by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that the defeat of Kiev will allegedly result in a war with Russia for NATO is insane, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on February 29 in her Telegram channel.
The diplomat wondered whether these words of the head of the Pentagon were a threat against Russia or an attempt to come up with an excuse for the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky.
“Both are crazy. But now everyone sees who the aggressor is – Washington,” she wrote.
As Regnum reported, Austin previously said that the defeat of the Kiev regime in the conflict in Ukraine would lead to NATO war with Russia. He also called the daily advance of Russian troops" very alarming."
At the end of February 2024, after the liberation of Avdeevka, the Russian Ministry of Defense also announced the liberation of the settlements of Severnoye, Lastochkino and Petrovskoye.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu previously informed the Ministry of Defense board that after the capture of Avdievka, the Russian Armed Forces continue to improve the situation in the Donetsk and Kupyansk directions, capturing new frontiers and positions. Since the beginning of the year, about 327 square kilometers of the territory of new Russian regions had been liberated in all directions by February 27.
Bloomberg agency reported on February 29, citing informed sources: the Kiev authorities are afraid that in the absence of Western supplies of ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian army will break through the defenses of the Ukrainian army by the summer of 2024. It was noted that the Kyiv authorities are giving increasingly gloomy assessments of the situation in the combat zone.