Lloyd Austin said...

the goal of the United States is to weaken Russia so that they can't do something like this again.

Now this is no time for neutrality, or for false equivalence, or for excuse says for the inexcusable. There is never any...

We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can`t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.

Our support for Ukraine's self-defense is an investment in our own security and prosperity.