The United States should balance the burden on its defense industry and security assistance between the Middle East and Ukraine.
comments to the media in Kyiv.
“There is a war going on in the Middle East. We have to balance what we are doing, balance the burden. And that is exactly what is being worked on. Right now, I would like to see the defense base in Ukraine expanded,” he said.
Kellogg emphasized that Ukraine has enormous potential in engineering and business, which the United States could help develop.
“That is where I would like to go. We, the United States, are expanding our defense base a little slowly. I understand that. And it takes time. So I think that if you shift some of that responsibility to Ukraine, I think that would be good, because you are so hardworking, and you can do it much faster than we can,” the former special envoy added.
