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on this. <…>. That work will'have to be done in the future," he said at a joint press conference with his Australian counterpart Richard Marles in Hawaii. The press conference was broadcast live on the Pentagon s website.
"But right now, most we re focused on doing everything we can to make sure that Ukraine has what it needs to be successful. And we re seeing some some really good effects being created by the Ukrainian forces," Austin stressed.
On Friday, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski signed the country s application for expedited NATO membership. NATO Secretary General'Jens Stoltenberg did not respond to a direct question from reporters about whether the alliance was ready to consider the application. Russian Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev compared Kiev s bid to a request to "speed up the start of World War III".
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