{"id":2028146,"date":"2023-09-11T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T18:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lloyd-austin-speaks-with-new-ukrainian-defense-minister-for-first-time\/"},"modified":"2023-09-11T14:56:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T18:56:18","slug":"lloyd-austin-speaks-with-new-ukrainian-defense-minister-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lloyd-austin-speaks-with-new-ukrainian-defense-minister-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Lloyd Austin holds inaugural talk with Ukraine&#8217;s defense minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flloyd-austin-speaks-with-new-ukrainian-defense-minister-for-first-time%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2028146&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin Engages with New Ukrainian Minister of Defense<\/h2>\n<p>Secretary of Defense \u200bLloyd Austin recently had a conversation with Ukraine&#8217;s new \u2064Minister of Defense, Rustem Umerov. This marked\u2063 their\u2063 first\u200c discussion since Umerov assumed his position \u2063earlier this \u2063month.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Secretary \u200cAustin provided an update on U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-tells-biden-to-back-off-after-palestinian-rioters-attack-police\/\" title=\"Israel Tells Biden To Back Off After Palestinian Rioters Attack Police\">security assistance efforts<\/a> \u2064and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tuberville-pushes-biden-to-respond-to-china-sanctioning-numerous-former-u-s-officials\/\" title=\"Sen. Tuberville Pushes Biden To Respond To China Sanctioning Numerous Former U.S. Officials\">exchanged views<\/a> with Minister Umerov\u200b on priorities to support Ukraine\u2019s \u2062immediate battlefield needs and capability requirements over \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brian-kolfage-one-florida-school-combated-covid-by-going-back-to-normal-as-a-result-the-children-and-teachers-are-safe-and-happy\/\" title=\"Brian Kolfage: One Florida School Combated COVID By Going Back to Normal \u2013 As a Result the Children and Teachers Are Safe and Happy\">long term<\/a>,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Umerov took over from former Defense\u2062 Minister Oleksii Reznikov, who had been in \u200dthe role since November 2021.<\/p>\n<p>This call took \u2064place ahead of the upcoming Ukraine Defense \u2062Contact Group meeting at Ramstein \u2062Air Base\u200b in Germany. Secretary Austin has been leading these \u200cmonthly\u2064 meetings \u200cfor over a year, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wicker-backs-gop-on-abortion-but-hopes-pentagon-funding-debates-stay-away-from-social-issues\/\" title=\"Wicker supports GOP on abortion, urges Pentagon funding debates to avoid social matters.\">defense\u2063 leaders<\/a>\u200d from \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lloyd-austin-speaks-with-new-ukrainian-defense-minister-for-first-time\/\" title=\"Lloyd Austin holds inaugural talk with Ukraine's defense minister\">approximately 50 countries gather<\/a> to discuss Ukraine&#8217;s \u2064most \u200bpressing needs.<\/p>\n<p>One topic that is likely to be\u2062 discussed is whether the U.S.\u200d will provide Ukraine with long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems. The Biden administration has\u2063 previously declined\u200c to do\u2062 so, but there are reports suggesting that they may \u2063reconsider.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy national security adviser Jon Finer stated, &#8220;We don&#8217;t have a decision \u200dto announce on\u2062 new capabilities,\u2062 but our position all \u2064along has been we will get Ukraine the capabilities that\u200d will enable it to \u2063succeed on\u2064 the\u200b battlefield.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s \u200blimited\u200c success in its counterattack may \u2062influence the administration&#8217;s decision to provide\u2063 them \u200bwith\u2064 ATACMs.\u2064 However, \u200cthere are concerns \u2064about the potential\u200d unintended escalation in the war if\u200d strikes are \u2062enabled\u2064 within Russian territory.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has shown a willingness\u200c to change its \u200cstance on providing\u200b weapons to \u200dUkraine, even for items it had previously refused, \u200csuch as \u2064tanks and advanced fighter \u2063jets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and new Ukrainian Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov had their first conversation on Monday. 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