"Did not encourage or allow": US Department of USA replied to blows on airfields in
Blinken considers it important to understand why Ukrainians pass daily, who live in Russian aggression. The Ukrainian military has the equipment needed to protect the country and freedom, he added. The Secretary of State accused Russia of trying to disrupt the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine and leave people in winter without heat, water and electricity. "Moscow now" arms winter "and this is everyday and night reality in Ukraine," he said.
Pentagon Lloyd Austin, speaking at a briefing with Blinken, stressed that the United States will not prevent Ukraine from developing its own high range. "A brief answer is no. We do not do it. Washington has already provided more than $ 19 billion in security for Ukraine," the minister said. The State Department Speaker of the Ned Price has previously stated that the United States did not know the drones responsible for the Russian military airfields.
"Everything we do is support Ukraine's independence, its sovereignty and territorial integrity. We give that the Armed Forces can use to confront Russian aggressors," Price stressed. One of the high -ranking Ukrainian authorities in communication with The Washington Post said about three attacks by Ukrainian drones in the Kursk region. "These were Ukrainian drones. They are very successful and effective. The Russians sowed anger seeds and now reap the storm," the interlocutor added.
The American edition of The New York Times called what happened at the airfields in Russia the most daring attack of the Armed Forces for the entire full -scale invasion. According to journalists, special forces who were near the base helped to bring drone to the target. In Kiev, they did not confirm the involvement in the explosions at aerodromes. US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nutland did not rule out that the Ukrainian soldiers were struck by airfields.