According to an Ukrinform correspondent, Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Pat Ryder reported this.
“Secretary Austin reiterated that the United States and our coalition of some 50 Allies and partners will continue to support Ukraine in its ongoing fight against Russian aggression,” the report says.
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The two leaders also agreed on the urgent need to pass President Biden's bipartisan National Security Supplemental and pledged to remain in close contact.
As Ukrinform reported, at last week's congressional hearing, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin did not rule out that if Russia succeeds in its war against Ukraine, Putin will go further, and the Baltic states, which are NATO members, could be next.
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