American aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman. File photoWASHINGTON, Apr 1 U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has decided to keep the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier group in the Mediterranean until the end of the summer amid events in Ukraine, CNN reported, citing two military officials. Truman and aircraft based on it are now involved in efforts to strengthen the eastern flank of NATO, which were launched in response to the Russian military operation. «The aircraft carrier, sent in December from the US east coast, is now expected to stay in the region, probably until August inclusive,” CNN quotes one official. The Pentagon is also extending the stay in the Mediterranean of three warships that are part of the aircraft carrier group. A spokesman for the US Department of Defense confirmed that Truman remains in the region until Austin “decides that it is time to rotate «.
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