Russia Ukraine War: Pentagon Strategizes with Allies & Industry for “Longer-Term” Plan

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By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

The Pentagon is now closely working with its European allies to help craft a “longer-term” support strategy for Ukraine, given that the war is evolving into a protracted military conflict.

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The planning will likely reach new levels of significance and implementation soon following US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s upcoming trip to Germany to meet with allies regarding Ukraines. Austin will host a Ukraine Defense Consultative Group at Ramstein Air Base, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said.

“Part of the agenda will be to talk about Ukraine’s long-term defense needs in a postwar environment and what that might look like,” Kirby said. “The secretary … believes that it’s not too soon to begin to have a longer-term discussion with allies and partners about what Ukrainian sovereignty needs to look like going forward.”

The overall effort is both international and multi-faceted as the Pentagon is also taking specific steps to further engage its defense industry partners regarding ways to help Ukraine against Russia. For example, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks met with leaders of U.S. defense contractors to discuss production of the very kinds of systems, equipment and weapons the U.S. is sending to Ukraine, a Pentagon report said.

“We wanted to make sure that we had a good, honest, candid discussion with these CEOs about the systems that they’re producing; about the rate at which they’re being produced; about the possibility for accelerating some of those production lines and expanding them based on the heavy draw on our inventory to support Ukraine,” Kirby said.