Pentagon chief: We do not want to see Russia-NATO war

According to Fars News Agency’s International Service, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday evening that no one wants to see a conflict between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Austin told a congressional hearing that Russia would not take any action that would lead to NATO directly interfering in the situation around Ukraine.

According to the website «ریانووستی“I do not think Russia wants to involve NATO,” he said. “Russian leaders do not want to go to war like this.”

“If Russia decides to attack a NATO member, it will change the game,” he said. “According to the Article 5 commitment, NATO is likely to respond in the form of a coalition.”

According to the report, Austin said in another part of his speech that the Pentagon wants Kiev to control US arms transfers to the country.

To write ریانووستیHe added that the United States was urging Ukraine to monitor the use of weapons transferred from Washington to that country.

“Every time I talk to my partners, I look into this,” he said. I spoke with the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Alexei Raznikov, about this yesterday. “We will continue to emphasize this very, very important point.”

Austin added that Ukrainian officials had previously been told that there was a need to respond to the United States and control the deployment of weapons transferred to that country.

He also claimed in another part of his speech that Russia’s nuclear arsenal poses challenges for the United States.

ریانووستی “Russia’s nuclear arsenal poses serious challenges now and in the future,” the Pentagon chief was quoted as saying. “Our nuclear trinity (Trident) remains the main pillar of our national defense.”

“To maintain strategic stability in the world, especially given Russia’s significant nuclear capabilities and the expansion of China’s nuclear capabilities, requires us to maintain a safe and effective nuclear capability,” Austin added.

Earlier, Scott Breyer, director of the US Defense Intelligence Agency, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that China and Russia see the United States as a declining power. (More details)

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