U.S. Army General Lloyd James Austin III. File photoWASHINGTON, May 11. Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin believes that Russia will not take actions that will lead to NATO's direct involvement in the situation around Ukraine, according to him, no one wants to see the conflict between Russia and the alliance «In my opinion, Russia does not want to involve NATO,» Austin said at a House committee hearing. over transferred weaponsAccording to Austin, the Russian leadership does not want to enter into such a fight. «It would very quickly escalate into another type of rivalry that no one wants to see,» Austin said. as a coalition in some form,» he added. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» risks from Russia, said the Deputy Secretary General. For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
