Died former head of the Pentagon, who took a tough stance against Russia
Ashton Carter died on Monday evening after suffering a heart attack.
Former Pentagon chief Ashton Carter, who worked in the administration of the 44th US President Barack Obama, has died at the age of 68.
This is reported by Reuters, citing a statement from his family.
It is noted that Ashton Carter died on Monday evening after a sudden heart attack.
Former head of the Pentagon Ashton Carter: what he is known for
Ashton Carter headed the US Department of Defense from February 17, 2015 to January 20, 2017 - during the presidency of Barack Obama.
Obama nominated Carter for Secretary of Defense in December 2014. The US Senate approved his candidacy on February 1, 2015.
Carter helped oversee the launch of a military strategy that would drive back and defeat the Islamic State military group in Syria and Iraq.
Former head of the Pentagon Ashton Carter: position on Ukraine and Russia
As a candidate for the post of US Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter said that Western countries should not give Russia the right to consider the former Soviet republics, including Ukraine, as a zone of their own interests.
And already as US Secretary of Defense, he noted that Ukraine needed to provide weapons to fight Russian terrorists in the Donbass.
Ashton Carter called Russia a global threat to the United States.