By Richard Horgan Los Angeles (Knewz) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and his counterparts from the 29 other NATO-member nations have issued a firm Feb. 16 statement about the situation in Ukraine. “We are gravely concerned by the very large scale, unprovoked and unjustified Russian military build-up in and around Ukraine and in Belarus,” the statement began. “We urge Russia, in the strongest possible terms, to choose the path of diplomacy, and to immediately reverse its build-up and withdraw its forces from Ukraine in accordance with its international obligations and commitmen…