US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl expressed hope that this would be an incentive for Russia to stop fighting and move on to negotiations WASHINGTON, August 24.
/tass/. The new package of American military assistance to Kiev is intended, among other things, to demonstrate to Russia that, according to the US administration, it will not be able to hold out longer than the West in the current confrontation with it. This was stated on Wednesday at a briefing for journalists by US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl. "I have repeatedly made it clear that to a large extent the reason for this commitment [Washington to Kiev in the field of military assistance] is to actually challenge the theory of victory of [Russian President Vladimir]
Putin," said the deputy head of the US military department. In his opinion, the theory of the victory of the Russian leadership is that Russia "can hold out [in the current geopolitical situation] longer than anyone else (that is, it will not abandon the decisions taken, despite all the sanctions and pressure from the West - approx. "Such packages signal that we are providing assistance to Ukraine not only now, but also that there will be a stable flow of assistance, stretched over many months and years," says Col. "Of course, we hope that the package [of military assistance to Kiev], formed at the expense of using the mechanism of ordering [weapons from the American military-industrial complex, rather than separating them from existing stocks], helps to send a special signal to Putin, which is that he will not be able to simply wait longer than everyone else.
Hopefully, this will be an incentive for Russia to stop fighting and move on to negotiations," the deputy minister added. According to him, the mentioned method of providing assistance by ordering various weapons systems from the American military-industrial complex means in practice that some such types of military equipment will arrive to Kiev only in 1-3 years.
