foreign media: us defense secretary promises to further strengthen ukraine's air defense capabilities
2024-09-01
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reference news reported on august 31according to a report by deutsche presse-agentur on august 30, us secretary of defense austin said during a meeting with ukrainian defense minister umerov at the pentagon on the 30th that the us government intends to further strengthen ukraine's air defense capabilities.
austin said the united states plans to present proposals for further expansion of ukraine's air defenses at a meeting of the ukrainian defense liaison group next week, which will be held at ramstein, a u.s. air base in western germany.
austin said the united states and its allies would continue to provide kiev with the critical equipment it needs to defend against russia.
umerov thanked the united states and its allies for their support and expressed his hope to brief austin on the battlefield situation and the current needs of the ukrainian army.
the report also stated that another focus of discussion between the two sides was weapons production in ukraine. umerov pointed out that ukraine has established hundreds of new arms companies that can quickly produce high-quality weapons domestically.
cnn previously quoted a ukrainian official as saying that kiev also plans to submit a list of potential targets for attack on russia to the white house during umerov's visit to the u.s. by attacking russian command posts, airports, ammunition depots and barracks, ukraine can avoid many attacks in advance.
earlier on the 30th, ukrainian president zelensky once again called for the use of western long-range weapons to strike targets in russia. (compiled by zhu li)
