British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Tuesday justified sending tanks to Ukraine to help the country “repel” the Russians in the east and south of the country, while the United States hinted at more US military aid. in sight.
“The message we send (to Russian President Vladimir) Putin…is that we are committed to defending the Ukrainians until they win,” he said during a trip to Washington speaking of a “moral imperative.”
“What Putin needs to understand is that we will have the strategic resistance to stick with them until the job is done and the best thing he can do to preserve the lives of his own soldiers is to acknowledge that,” James Cleverly added. who was speaking to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“It costs a lot more in lives and money if we let this war drag on,” he said.
Announcements in the coming days
Military aid to Ukraine was a dominant issue on Tuesday during discussions between the British minister and his US counterpart, Antony Blinken, who said he “applauded” sending British tanks to Kyiv without disclosing whether the United States would do the same.
Washington, which provides most of Western aid to Ukraine (nearly $25 billion in security assistance), reserves delivery of heavy tanks to Kyiv, raising training and maintenance issues.
The US Secretary of State, however, indicated that “announcements could be made in the coming days” during a meeting this week of countries that support Ukraine militarily at the US base in Ramstein, Germany.
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Source: BFM TV
