NEW: Pentagon taking steps to heighten readiness over #Ukraine - inclu for @NATO response force if activated,
per @PentagonPresSec
US "keenly focused" on #Russia's military build-up along #Ukraine & in #Belarus
per @PentagonPresSec
US "keenly focused" on #Russia's military build-up along #Ukraine & in #Belarus
MORE: @SecDef has placed "a range of units on a heightened readiness to deploy" - about 8,500 personnel - per @PentagonPresSec
"As of now the decision has been made to pace these units on heightened alerts & heightened alert only" per @PentagonPresSec
Some units been told to be ready to deploy in as little as 5 days, he says
"No final decision has been made to deploy them"
Some units been told to be ready to deploy in as little as 5 days, he says
"No final decision has been made to deploy them"
Up to 8,500 troops on heightened alert - "they are all US-based" per @PentagonPresSec
"The bulk of them are intended for the @NATO response force" he says "The secretary wants us postured to be ready for other contingencies as well"
"The bulk of them are intended for the @NATO response force" he says "The secretary wants us postured to be ready for other contingencies as well"
NEW: "It's very clear the #Russia|ns have no intention right now of deescalating" per @PentagonPresSec on timing of this announcement of heightened alert
Capabilities of these 8,500 US troops - "these would be additional brigade combat teams, logistics support" and intelligence support, etc., per @PentagonPresSec
But "missions haven't been assigned...response force has not been activated"
But "missions haven't been assigned...response force has not been activated"
"What this about...is reassurance to our @NATO allies" per @PentagonPresSec
"We're going to be ready, we're going to be prepared" to give allies what they need
"We're going to be ready, we're going to be prepared" to give allies what they need
"We still would like to deter Vladimir #Putin & the #Russia|ns from another incursion" of #Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec
Aim also to show US commitment to @NATO, allies
Aim also to show US commitment to @NATO, allies
US military advisers & trainers in #Ukraine are still there, per @PentagonPresSec
"This about sending a string message that we're committed to @NATO..." per @PentagonPresSec
Says US just one of many nations that would contribute to NATO response force
Says US just one of many nations that would contribute to NATO response force
"There are lots of force capabilities already on the European continent" per @PentagonPresSec
Ballistic missile attack on #alDhafra Air Base in #UAE - "We have to assume...that there was a threat to our ppl" per @PentagonPresSec "We took that threat seriously"
https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/1485687150981132295?s=20
"This could solved very easily by the #Russia|ns deescalating" per @PentagonPresSec
#Russia #Ukraine
#Russia #Ukraine
Size of #Russia|n forces around #Ukraine "has gotten bigger..absolutely" per @PentagonPresSec "They are in fact adding more"
NEW: US aid for #SDF in Hasakah -"We have conducted a series of strikes...precision targeting of #ISIS fighters" per @PentagonPresSec "and limited ground support" w/ Bradley Fighting Vehicles
#Russia's forces around #Ukraine -"We have a very good picture of what they gave there and what they continue to add" per @PentagonPresSec
US watching for "indicators" of a Russian attack "very very closely"
US watching for "indicators" of a Russian attack "very very closely"
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