PentagonWASHINGTON, Apr 3 Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the US has canceled another test ICBM, not out of fear of Russia, but to avoid escalation. «President Biden has been extremely direct with President Putin. There is no fear here,» Kirby told Fox.
The Pentagon said that the US military assistance to Kiev is coming constantlyHe noted that the United States is helping Ukraine, strengthening the eastern flank of NATO. «We have only added additional aircraft and forces in the last seven days,» he said. Kirby stressed that the missile test was canceled because the US does not want the situation to escalate, but another test is planned later this year. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
