{"id":4277,"date":"2024-03-19T14:27:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/lloyd-austin-praises-nato-allies-for-commitment-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T14:27:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:27:55","slug":"lloyd-austin-praises-nato-allies-for-commitment-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/19\/lloyd-austin-praises-nato-allies-for-commitment-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Lloyd Austin Praises NATO Allies for Commitment to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With additional American aid still in doubt, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Tuesday called for \u201ccreative, adaptable and sustainable ways\u201d to continue arming Ukraine and praised European allies who were trying to bolster Kyiv\u2019s military as the war against Russia entered a critical stretch.<\/p>\n

Mr. Austin, in Germany for the start of a semiregular meeting of nearly 50 nations who are supplying Ukraine\u2019s forces, said that allies would \u201cdig deeper to get vital security assistance to Ukraine.\u201d He singled out Denmark, France, Germany and Sweden for recent donations of weapons and noted the Czech Republic\u2019s efforts to provide 800,000 artillery shells \u2014 the first tranche of which could arrive on the battlefield within weeks.<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s defense minister, Boris Pistorius, said Berlin would send Ukraine 10,000 rounds of badly needed artillery shells, 100 armored infantry vehicles and transport equipment in a new infusion of support worth 500 million euros, about $544 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings are progressing sometimes in small steps, sometimes in larger steps, but the main thing is the constant supply of ammunition,\u201d Mr. Pistorius told journalists in Germany, according to local news reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n