Lloyd Austin. Photo: Wikipedia.org.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told a news conference that US troops would not take part in the fighting in Ukraine if there was an escalation.
“The President has made it clear that he does not plan to send troops to Ukraine to participated in military operations, “he said.
The chief of the American Corps of Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, said again that the United States did not have offensive weapons systems, permanent forces and bases in Ukraine. He also acknowledged that there was a “small contingent of US and NATO advisers and instructors in Ukraine.”