Hegseth says US will ‘find a way’ to help Ukraine after Zelensky’s plea for air defense missiles

(Dmytro Basmat – The Kyiv Independent) U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters on May 30 that the United States will “find a way” to help Ukraine defend itself, days after President Volodymyr Zelensky sent an urgent letter to the White House warning about Ukraine’s worsening shortage of air defense systems. Responding to reporter’s questions on the letter, Hegseth praised European countries for their “commitment” to increasing defense spending, including funding spent on “important munitions.”. “If you look at the amount of money that’s been spent, Europe has stepped up, and Ukraine has been just as, if not more, effective in the process. So we want them to be able to defend, and we’ll find a way to make sure we can help them do that,” Hegseth told reporters at the U.S. Embassy in Singapore, without offering specifics as to what assistance would be provided. – Hegseth says US will ‘find a way’ to help Ukraine after Zelensky’s plea for air defense missiles