Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says nearly 50 defense leaders from around the world agreed to send more advanced weapons to Ukraine, including a harpoon launcher and missiles to protect its coast.
, including a Harpoon launcher and missiles to protect its coast, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters.
The U.S. embassy in Kyiv has partially reopened and is staffing up again, and there have been questions about whether the U.S. will send a Marine security force back in to help protect the embassy or if other options should be considered. Speaking to Pentagon reporters, Austin declined to say if the U.S. will send Ukraine high-tech mobile rocket launchers, which it has requested. But Austin said that some 20 nations announced Monday that they will send new packages of security assistance to Ukraine, as its war with Russia reaches the three-month mark.
“The nature of the fight, as you’ve heard us describe a number of times is ... really shaped by artillery in this phase,” said Austin. “And we’ve seen serious exchanges of artillery fires over the last several weeks.”