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Feb 28 14 tweets 13 min read
NEW: #Ukraine President @ZelenskyyUa - "So far he has been Churchill-ian in his response" Senate Intelligence Committee Chair @MarkWarner tells #PostLive

#Russia-#Ukraine
"How long can the #Ukrainians resist is a bit of an open question" Senate Intel Comm Chair @MarkWarner tells #PostLive

"The overwhelming power of the #Russia|n military in a longer struggle, its hard to see how they don't manage to make some level of advances"
#Ukraine's @ZelenskyyUa "bested #Putin at his game of information warfare" per @MarkWarner

Warner says he is also surprised #Russia hasn't been more aggressive w/#cyber so far
#Russia's Vladimir #Putin - "This is an isolated authoritarian leader who I think is becoming more and more disconnected" says @MarkWarner
Is something off w/#Russia's #Putin, as @marcorubio has tweeted?

"I'm not going to comment on any specific intelligence but these images [of Putin] speak for themselves" per Senate Intel's @MarkWarner
Fact some #Russia|n oligarchs are questioning #Putin's approach "has got to have taken him back a bit" per @MarkWarner
#Russia putting nuclear forces on high alert-"This is an indication of a guy who...he's losing" per @MarkWarner

Says US, @NATO should not allow #Putin to lure them into future conflict
"Do I believe there is any immediate threat to this regime [of Vladimir #Putin]? No" per @MarkWarner "But in an information age, this can get out of hand rather quickly"
"Clearly this is not how #Putin expected this to play out" in #Ukraine, & world reax, per @MarkWarner

"I've been surprised so far he has not ratcheted up in other domains [like #cyber]"
"We have been virtually unanimous" on Senate Intelligence Committee applauding US intelligence for widespread declassification, sharing of intel in effort to shed light on #Russia|n invasion of #Ukraine, per @MarkWarner
"The truth will win out...but we've got to share that truth if we want to convince people" per @MarkWarner on willingness of US intel to share intelligence

#Russia-#Ukraine
"Do I expect #Russia to up its game on #cyber? Absolutely" per @MarkWarner, who says #Putin miscalculated by thinking he did not need to use his cyber A team
"He may have to use that [cyber] A team to finish his invasion in #Ukraine" per @MarkWarner "We need to be prepared for high level -his A team- attacks against the West"

#Russia-#Ukraine-#cyber
Onslught of #Russia|n cyber attacks, ransomware attacks - "We will probably see that in the coming days & weeks" per @MarkWarner

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Happening now: @PentagonPresSec briefs the media Image
BREAKING: US scrapping Minuteman III nuclear missile test scheduled for this weekend "to demonstrate we are a responsible nuclear power..." per @PentagonPresSec

Says move is being made to make nothing can be misconstrued during a time of heightened tensions

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Happening now: @POTUS @JoeBiden delivers #SOTU2022

"Tonight, we meet ...with an unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over tyranny" Image
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"He met the Ukrainian people"
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"Putin was wrong. We were ready"
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