27 Jul 2022 10:41

U.S. acting as fast as possible to deliver military equipment to Ukraine - Pentagon

WASHINGTON. July 27 (Interfax) - U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has reassured Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov that the United States is acting as promptly as possible to deliver military assistance to Ukraine, the Pentagon said in a statement on its website.

"Secretary Austin reassured Minister Reznikov that the United States is moving as quickly as possible to deliver equipment to Ukraine," the Pentagon said following a phone call between the U.S. secretary of defense and the Ukrainian defense minister.

Reznikov, in turn, provided Austin with an update on the situation on the ground, it said.