Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin addressed reporters at a Pentagon briefing Wednesday and said that he has no information to contradict the preliminary assessment that the deadly incident in Poland was most likely caused by a Ukrainian air defense system.
Regardless of what Poland's investigation concludes, Austin said Russia ultimately bears responsibility for the incident as it began this war and continues to launch missile attacks on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure.
Austin added that that NASAMS the U.S. sent to Ukraine have had a"100 percent success rate" in intercepting Russian missiles. The onset of the winter will cause even more suffering as basic human survival is impacted, Milley said.But even after launching its largest wave of missiles since the beginning of the war, General Milley said Russia is failing in every way in Ukraine.
As tactical operations slow down in Ukraine during the winter, Milley said this pause may provide a window for a political solution to end the conflict. But the Pentagon officials say any decision to negotiate with Russia is entirely up to Ukraine."Ukraine will continue to endure and not back down," Milley added."[The Ukrainians] are hard, tough, free people. And they want to remain free.
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