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Introduction – April 25, 2022

We can only conclude that the U.S. is deliberately trying to stir conflict with Russia. Why else would the US Defense Secretary visit a neighbouring state that Russia is at war with pledges of support and armaments?

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin isn’t even trying to hide the West’s objectives with diplomatic platitudes. Instead in plain language he says, “We want to see Russia weakened”.

This will undoubtedly be seen in Moscow as a deliberate provocation. To openly say that the West wants to see a weakened and diminished Russia will trigger alarm bells in the Kremlin.

Meanwhile, we suspect that the visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to Ukraine will only strengthen Russia’s resolve to deal with the Nazis on its doorstep.

Antony Blinken also appeared to be encouraging Ukraine to take on the Russians. Even though there is little to support his claim that ‘Russia is failing, Ukraine is succeeding,’ he nonetheless pledged more funds and weaponry to add to the total of $3.7 billion in aid already promised by Washington to Ukraine’s President Zelensky.

In other words Washington is funding a military conflict in Russia’s backyard

In essence it looks as if the West is using Ukraine as a proxy against Russia. Just as it once used ‘Syrian rebels’, with covert support for ISIS and Islamic State, against President Assad’s Syria

Have Covid-19 and the supposed ‘vaccine’ failed to reduce the population as quickly as intended? That’s not an idle question because it certainly looks as if Plan B is now underway and we are on a fast track to war with Russia. Ed.

‘We want to see Russia weakened’: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he wants Putin’s forces depleted so he cannot repeat what he has done in Ukraine during his Kyiv trip

  • Austin said that the U.S. wanted ‘Ukraine remain a sovereign country, a democratic country, able to protect its sovereign territory’
  • Austin did not call for a peace settlement but rather stepped up his rhetoric against Russia as the conflict enters its third month 
  • The US is providing $713million in assistance to war-ravaged Ukraine after a meeting with officials in Kyiv
  • Zelensky was promised more than $322million in new foreign military financing by Blinken and Austin
  • Ukraine will also receive $165million in non-U.S. made ammunition, they announced
  • The US plans to gradually begin the return of diplomats to Ukraine next week but the embassy will stay closed

Morgan Phillips, Natasha Anderson and Jack Anderson – Mail Online April 25, 2022

Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin said Monday that the U.S.’s ‘goal’ in Ukraine is to see Russia ‘weakened’ so it no longer has the capacity to invade its neighbors.

The secretary was asked by reporters to define ‘America’s goals for success.’

He said that the U.S. wanted ‘Ukraine remain a sovereign country, a democratic country, able to protect its sovereign territory.’

Speaking from an aircraft carrier in Poland, Austin added: ‘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.’

Austin did not call for a peace settlement but rather stepped up his rhetoric against Russia as the conflict enters its third month and Ukraine launched offensive attacks into Russia over the weekend, when missile strikes blew up two oil storage facilities supplying Putin’s troops fighting for control of Donbas.

Austin said that U.S. officials believe Ukraine can win the conflict ‘if they have the right equipment’ and the ‘right support.’

The US has pledged another $713million for Ukraine as two top Biden officials visited Kyiv under the cover of darkness where they blasted Russia’s ‘failing’ invasion.

It brings the total amount of funding offered to Ukraine to $3.7 billion.

In the highest-level meeting between the US and Ukraine since the war, Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin took a train from Poland to Kyiv where they met with Volodymyr Zelensky in an overnight trip shrouded by secrecy.

There, the officials pledged military financing to Ukraine and its NATO partners and said diplomats would start returning to the country this week, although they will be stationed in Lviv rather than the Kyiv embassy which remains closed.

At the meeting, Blinken said, ‘Russia is failing, Ukraine is succeeding,’ and praised Zelensky and his country’s bravery in the face of Kremlin barbarism

Speaking today in Poland near the Ukrainian border, the Secretary of State said: ‘We had an opportunity to demonstrate directly our strong ongoing support for the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian people. This was, in our judgment, an important moment to be there to have face-to-face conversations in detail.’

Austin added Zelensky’s response to the aid was deep appreciation for what was being given but ‘he has the mindset that they want to win and we have the mindset that we want to help them win’.

Journalists who travelled to Poland with Austin and Blinken were barred from reporting on the trip until it ended, were not allowed to accompany them on their overland journey into Ukraine, and were prohibited from specifying where in south-east Poland they waited for the Cabinet members to return, citing security concerns.

There, the officials pledged military financing to Ukraine and its NATO partners and said diplomats would start returning to the country this week, although they will be stationed in Lviv rather than the Kyiv embassy which remains closed.

At the meeting, Blinken said, ‘Russia is failing, Ukraine is succeeding,’ and praised Zelensky and his country’s bravery in the face of Kremlin barbarism.

Speaking today in Poland near the Ukrainian border, the Secretary of State said: ‘We had an opportunity to demonstrate directly our strong ongoing support for the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian people. This was, in our judgment, an important moment to be there to have face-to-face conversations in detail.’

Austin added Zelensky’s response to the aid was deep appreciation for what was being given but ‘he has the mindset that they want to win and we have the mindset that we want to help them win’.

Journalists who travelled to Poland with Austin and Blinken were barred from reporting on the trip until it ended, were not allowed to accompany them on their overland journey into Ukraine, and were prohibited from specifying where in south-east Poland they waited for the Cabinet members to return, citing security concerns.

 

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