{"id":73530,"date":"2023-11-20T19:40:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T19:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/11\/20\/defense-secretary-austin-meets-with-zelenskyy-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:47:05","slug":"defense-secretary-austin-meets-with-zelenskyy-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2023\/11\/20\/defense-secretary-austin-meets-with-zelenskyy-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense Secretary Austin meets with Zelenskyy in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KYIV, Ukraine \u2014 U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday in a high-profile push to keep money and weapons flowing to Ukraine even as U.S. and international resources are stretched by the new global risks raised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/israel-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Israel-Hamas conflict<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin, who traveled to Kyiv by train from Poland, met with President <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/volodymyr-zelenskyy\" target=\"_blank\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a>, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Chief of Staff Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While there Austin announced the Pentagon would be sending an additional $100 million in weapons to Ukraine from U.S. existing stockpiles, including artillery and munitions for air defense systems. The package also includes another High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin said Ukraine\u2019s effort to defeat Russian forces \u201cmatters to the rest of the world\u201d and that U.S. support would continue \u201cfor the long haul.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelenskyy said Austin\u2019s visit was \u201ca very important signal\u201d for Ukraine. \u201cWe count on your support,\u201d Zelenskyy said, thanking Congress as well as the American people for their backing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is Austin\u2019s second trip to Kyiv since Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion, but he\u2019s making it under far different circumstances, as the world\u2019s attention is drawn to the Middle East and signs of fatigue set in with the almost 21-month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russia-Ukraine war<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-biden-kyiv-lloyd-austin-europe-3a8441a7b10c5786fe5fd7f841332697\" target=\"_blank\">Austin\u2019s first visit<\/a> occurred in April 2022, just two months after the start of the war. At the time, Ukraine was riding a wave of global rage at Moscow\u2019s invasion, and Austin launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pentagon\/2022\/05\/20\/more-nations-expected-sign-up-for-pentagons-ukraine-aid-group\/\" target=\"_blank\">an international effort<\/a> that now sees 50 countries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2022\/04\/26\/us-allies-to-meet-monthly-on-ukraine-defense-needs\/\" target=\"_blank\">meet monthly<\/a> to coordinate on what weapons, training and other support could be pushed to Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the conflict in Gaza could pull attention and resources from the Ukraine fight. The U.S. has worked feverishly since the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel, and the weeks of devastating bombardment on Gaza by Israel that has followed, to prevent the conflict from turning into a regional war. Even as Austin stood in St. Michael\u2019s Square in Kyiv, the first question asked at a press briefing at the end of the short visit was about Israel\u2019s use of U.S.-provided weapons in that conflict, instead of about Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both conflicts have already seen significant U.S. military support. To back Israel and keep that conflict from spreading, the U.S. has already committed two carrier strike groups, scores of fighter jets and thousands of U.S. personnel to the Middle East, and has had to shift its force posture and conduct airstrikes against Iranian-backed militant groups that are now hitting U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Ukraine, the U.S. has already provided more than $44 billion \u2014 and allies have sent an additional $35 billion \u2014 in weapons packages that range from millions of bullets to air defense systems, advanced European and U.S. battle tanks and, finally, pledges for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/08\/18\/ukraine-will-get-f-16-fighter-jets-from-dutch-danes-after-us-agrees\/\" target=\"_blank\">F-16 fighter jets<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Ukraine still needs more, and after almost 20 months of shipping arms to Ukraine, cracks are beginning to show. Some European countries such as Poland have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/09\/21\/poland-is-done-sending-arms-to-ukraine-as-trade-dispute-escalates\/\" target=\"_blank\">scaled back support,<\/a> noting their need to maintain adequate fighting ability to defend themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian officials have strongly pushed back on suggestions they are in a stalemate with Russia after a long-awaited counteroffensive over the summer did not radically change the battle lines on the ground. In a visit to Washington last week, Andriy Yermak, head of the president\u2019s office, provided no details but confirmed that Ukrainian forces had <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-dnieper-river-kherson-7d1fe4cfa8b748e6736c9f2b620ff618\" target=\"_blank\">finally pushed through<\/a> to the east bank of the Dnieper River, which has essentially served as the immovable front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces for months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, as winter sets in it will become more difficult for either side to make large gains due to ground conditions. That could further work against Ukraine if U.S. lawmakers perceive there\u2019s time to wait before more funds are needed. Ukraine and the U.S. expect that this winter Russia will go after Ukraine\u2019s infrastructure again, like the power grid, making air defenses critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fred Kagan, a senior resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, said it would be a mistake to think there is time to wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we stop providing aid to Ukraine, it\u2019s not that the stalemate continues. The aid is actually essential to preventing the Russians from beginning to maneuver again in ways that can allow them to defeat Ukraine,\u201d Kagan said. \u201cSo the cost of cutting off aid is that Russia wins and Ukraine loses and NATO loses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further complicating the support is that the Pentagon has only a dwindling amount of money left in this year\u2019s budget to keep sending weapons to Ukraine, and Congress is months late on getting a new budget passed and has not taken up a supplemental spending package that would include Ukraine aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the war began in February 2022, the U.S. has provided more than $44.2 billion in weapons to Ukraine, but the funding is nearly gone. The Pentagon can send about $5 billion more in weapons and equipment from its own stocks. But it only has about $1 billion in funding to replace those stocks. As a result, recent announcements of weapons support have been of much smaller dollar amounts, such as the $100 million package announced in Kyiv by Austin, than in months past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou have seen smaller packages, because we need to parse these out,\u201d Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said Thursday. \u201cBecause we don\u2019t know when Congress is going to pass our supplemental package.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials have been urging Congress to provide additional money, but a growing number of Senate Republicans have opposed additional Ukraine aid without securing support for other unrelated provisions, such as stricter immigration laws and additional funding for border control. A stopgap spending bill passed last week to avoid a government shutdown during the holidays did not include any money for Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Copp reported from Washington.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Kyiv to make a high-profile push to keep money and weapons flowing to 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