US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has promised Ukraine continued international support in its defensive against Russia. “Our message today is clear: the United States will not let Ukraine fail, this coalition will not let Ukraine fail, and the free world will not let Ukraine fail,” Austin said on Tuesday at the start of a Ukraine conference at the US Ramstein Air Base in Germany. “Let’s not fool ourselves,” Austin said on the 755th day of the war, adding: Russian President Vladimir Putin “will not stop at Ukraine.” “But as President [Joe] Biden said: Ukraine can stop Putin – if we stand by …