Back In The USSR? Pentagon Chief Slips Up On Russia Reference
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"The best case though is that we won't see an incursion by the Soviet Union into Ukraine," Lloyd Austin said, accidentally using the name of the country that disintegrated in 1991 into republics including Russia and Ukraine.
US defence chief Lloyd Austin expressed concern Thursday about Moscow's military build-up on its border with Ukraine but accidentally called Russia the Soviet Union -- Washington's old Cold War foe that collapsed three decades ago.
Austin was speaking at a press conference in Seoul where he was asked about Russia massing troops along its boundary with Ukraine, with fears swirling of a possible invasion.
"Russia has a substantial amount of forces in the border region, and we remain concerned about that," Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said.
"The best case though is that we won't see an incursion by the Soviet Union into Ukraine," he added, accidentally using the name of the country that disintegrated in 1991 into republics including Russia and Ukraine.
