JUST IN: Details on additional US troop movements in response to #Russia|n aggression
Aviation elements, ground forces "will move within the EUCOM Area of Operations to @NATO’s northeastern & southeastern flanks...expected to be in place later this week" per sr defense official
MORE-US troops on the move within @US_EUCOM to @NATO's NE/SE flanks:
-infantry battalion task force of abt 800 personnel, from #Italy to the #Baltic region
-up to 8 F35 Strike Fighters from #Germany to operating locations along NATO’s eastern flank
...per sr defense official
MORE-US troops on the move within @US_EUCOM to @NATO's NE/SE flanks:
-battalion of attack aviation-20 AH-64 helicopters-from #Germany to #Baltics
-attack aviation task force-12 AH-64 helicopters--#Greece to #Poland
...per sr defense official
MORE-"These additional personnel are being repositioned to reassure our @NATO allies, deter any potential aggression against NATO member states, & train with host-nation forces" per a sr defense official
MORE-"These moves are temporary in nature, and are part of the more than 90,000 US troops already in #Europe on rotational and permanent orders" per a sr defense official
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BREAKING: Senior US defense official says #Russia's ops in #Ukraine just getting started
"What we are seeing is initial phases of a large scale invasion" per the official "They're making a move on #Kyiv"
BREAKING: #Russia op "clearly designed to take key population centers" per senior US defense official
"They have every intention of decapitating the [#Ukraine] government"
US seeing 3 lines of attack from #Russia, per senior defense official
- southern advance from #Crimea to #Kherson
- north-central advance from #Belarus to #Kyiv
- advance on #Kharkhiv, which is seeing the heaviest fighting
"Sadly what we have warned against for months has come to pass" he says "Peace in our continent has been shattered. We now have war in #Europe, on a scale & of a type we thought belong to history"
MORE: "This is a grave moment for the security of Europe" per @NATO's @jensstoltenberg "#Russia’s unjustified & unprovoked attack on #Ukraine is putting countless innocent lives at risk"
"I am sure the ppl of Ukraine will be happy when they are liberated from the regime that occupied them" Vassily Nebenzia tells @VOANews following Security Council meeting
MORE: Ukraine leaders "got what what they were asking for" #Russia's ambassador to the UN told @VOANews
More: The vice chair of the US Senate Intelligence Committee is warning the scope of Russian ops is significant
BREAKING: #Russia-state media carrying word of Vladimir Putin's decision to launch "special operation" in #Donbas#Ukraine
MORE: #Russia|n President Vladimir Putin said the special military operation in #Ukraine "will strive for demilitarization & de-Nazification...as well as bringing to justice those who committed numerous bloody crimes against civilians"
MORE: "No one should have any doubt that a direct attack on #Russia will lead to defeat & terrible consequences for a potential aggressor" per Vladimir #Putin in announcing "special operation" vs #Ukraine
NEW: @TheJusticeDept launching new Strategy for Countering Nation-State Threats, Asst AG Matthew Olsen tells audience at @MasonNatSec
"We see nations such as #China, #Russia, #Iran & #NorthKorea becoming more aggressive & more capable...than ever before"
Foreign Malign Influence - "In recent years DOJ has exposed & prosecuted covert influence efforts undertaken on behalf of the governments of #Russia, #China, #Malaysia & #Pakistan, to name just a few" per @TheJusticeDept Asst AG Olsen
#Cyber-"We continue to see costly interference with critical infrastructure and public service systems, supply chains & private businesses" per @TheJusticeDept Asst AG Olsen citing example w/#China#Russia#Iran#NorthKorea