Happening now - @PentagonPresSec briefs media 
Activation of @NATO Response Forces -"the #UnitedStates is ready to lean forward as much as possible" per @PentagonPresSec
No details yet about which units will be deployed as part of that forces
No details yet about which units will be deployed as part of that forces
"We see clear indications that the #Ukrainian armed forces are fighting back & bravely defending their country...there have been measures of success in that regard" per @PentagonPresSec
"But it's a dynamic, fluid situation..."
#Russia-#Ukraine
"But it's a dynamic, fluid situation..."
#Russia-#Ukraine
#Russia - "Our understanding is that they have experienced some setbacks" in #Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec
Total of 10,000-12,000 US troops are/have been on heightened alert or accelerated heightened alert due to #Russia-#Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec
US military aid to #Ukraine - "We're not talking about the effort to help them...in the past tense" per @PentagonPresSec
"We continuing to look for ways to help them defend themselves"
"We continuing to look for ways to help them defend themselves"
"Mr. Putin continues to isolate himself & his ppl w/these reckless & unlawful actions" per @PentagonPresSec
#Russia-#Ukraine
#Russia-#Ukraine
"We continue to provide for support for #Ukraine to defend itself" per @PentagonPresSec "How that is going to be done is still being worked out"
"We going to have to look for other ways to do this...the airspace over Ukraine is contested" he says
"We going to have to look for other ways to do this...the airspace over Ukraine is contested" he says
"Mr. Putin doesn't get a veto over that...what an independent sovereign state gets to do" per @PentagonPresSec, asked about #Russia threats vs #Finland for talk it might reorient more towards the West
Adds it is for Finland, @NATO to comment further
Adds it is for Finland, @NATO to comment further
NEW: "We have seen continued movement by #Russian|n forces in #Ukraine both from the north & from the south" per @PentagonPresSec
"We don't believe that the majority of the combat power...has been employed inside Ukraine"
"We don't believe that the majority of the combat power...has been employed inside Ukraine"
"It is not perfectly clear where Mr. Putin is going here" per @PentagonPresSec, re #Russia objectives beyond #Ukraine
"We want to make it clear that he will not in any tangible way threaten our @NATO allies"
"We want to make it clear that he will not in any tangible way threaten our @NATO allies"
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