NEW: US deconfliction line w/#Russia - "It's only been in place for a couple of days" per @PentagonPresSec, without saying whether it has been used yet
Earlier, a sr defense official said it had been tested
Earlier, a sr defense official said it had been tested
US-#Russia deconfliction line: "We know it works...when we tested it they did pick up on the other end" per @PentagonPresSec
Says having line is critical bcs airspace over #Ukraine contested by Russian, Ukrainian air forces and @NATO airspace could be impacted
Says having line is critical bcs airspace over #Ukraine contested by Russian, Ukrainian air forces and @NATO airspace could be impacted
NEW: #Russia|n ground forces are attacking town near #Odessa - US watching to see what that means for Odessa, per @PentagonPresSec
No Pentagon officials have spoken w/#Russia counterparts since start of Russian invasion of #Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec
#Russian convoy still trying to make it to #Kyiv - "The actions by the #Ukrainians have in fact stalled that convoy...stopped it in some places" per @PentagonPresSec
But Kirby says #Russia also plagued by its own "missteps & stumbles"
But Kirby says #Russia also plagued by its own "missteps & stumbles"
#Russian attack on #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - "Clearly there was one. Clearly it was violent. Clearly munitions were used" per @PentagonPresSec
"As we understand it, there's been no leakage of radioactive material"
"As we understand it, there's been no leakage of radioactive material"
"Attacking a nuclear power plant is exceedingly dangerous &could have visited a lot more damage &destruction to the ppl of #Ukraine &perhaps to ppl of neighboring countries" per @PentagonPresSec
Calls on #Russia to at least "be more mindful of their obligations under int'l law"
Calls on #Russia to at least "be more mindful of their obligations under int'l law"
#Ukraine use of its air & missile defenses, the #Ukrainian air force has been "quite extraordinary" per @PentagonPresSec
#Russia-Ukraine
#Russia-Ukraine
"This is not he place for Americans to be, in #Ukraine, right now" @PentagonPresSec says in response to q from @VOANews
Says he cannot confirm claims by Ukraine's embassy in #Washington that there are about 3,000 US volunteers
Says he cannot confirm claims by Ukraine's embassy in #Washington that there are about 3,000 US volunteers
"U.S. troops are not going to be fighting in #Ukraine, that includes in the skies over Ukraine" per @PentagonPresSec
"#Belarus is partly responsible for what's going on in #Ukraine" per @PentagonPresSec
"Clearly they are complicit w/Pres Putin's war of choice" he says, adding there are still no indication Belarusian troops are getting ready to go into Ukraine
"Clearly they are complicit w/Pres Putin's war of choice" he says, adding there are still no indication Belarusian troops are getting ready to go into Ukraine
#Russia does not appear to have overcome problems w/fuel & food shortages just yet, per @PentagonPresSec
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