SINGAPORE -- U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday pinned the blame for the Ukraine war on Russian President Vladimir Putin, after a Chinese military officer suggested that NATO's eastern expansion was responsible for the conflict.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks at the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore on June 1. © Reuters
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