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Ukraine war: US wants to see a weakened Russia
By Matt Murphy
BBC News
Published9 hours ago
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Mr Austin (L) and Mr Blinken (R) became the highest level US officials to travel to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said he hopes Russian losses in Ukraine will deter its leadership from repeating its actions elsewhere.
Ukraine can still win the war if given the right support, he added.
He also announced the US would allocate an extra $713m (£559m) of military aid to Ukraine and other European nations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of attempting to "split Russian society and destroy Russia from within".
Mr Austin, a retired four-star general, was speaking after meeting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. Also involving Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the visit marked the highest-level trip to Ukraine by US officials since the invasion began over two months ago.
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President Biden's always made clear that the US won't directly intervene in the war in Ukraine. He won't be sending American troops to join the battle.
But the truth is that the US is getting more deeply involved - and that's been highlighted by the words of the US defence secretary.
America has dramatically increased the supply of weapons to Ukraine in recent weeks. Despite Russian warnings, it's made clear it'll be sending more. Mr Austin's words underline that America is not a bystander in this war. America wants to see Russia defeated.
More than that, it wants to see Russia's military machine reduced to such an extent that it will not be able to threaten any another European ally in the future. The fear, shared by Nato allies, is that any kind of defeat for Ukraine will only embolden President Putin's ambitions.
Mr Austin has now set out clearly that the US has its own strategic goals for this war - even if it's theoretically not participating. The goal is to stop President Putin and to weaken Russia's military to such an extent that it will no longer be able to threaten other nations.
To some extent that's already happened. Military experts already believe it will take years for Russia to recover from its military losses. That might also send a signal to another nation which the US is increasingly concerned about - namely China.
For President Putin it's more evidence that he's not just in a war with Ukraine. No doubt it will feed his own narrative for the purposes of domestic support. He's long portrayed Nato as a threat to Russia.
In recent days Russia has refocussed its advance on Ukraine's eastern Donbas region and US sources believe that Moscow has committed over 76 battalion tactical groups inside Ukraine.
On Monday, the UK's ministry of defence said in an update that Moscow had made minor advances in the region but had "yet to achieve a breakthrough" because of logistical issues.
The update said: "Ukraine's defence of Mariupol has also exhausted many Russian units and reduced their combat effectiveness."
Source BBC