NEW: US assesses #Russia, "Mr. Putin has committed nearly 100% of his [pre-staged] combat power to #Ukraine, per senior US defense official
Russia's also launched +625 missiles, most are medium & short range surface to air missiles & cruise missiles, per official
Russia's also launched +625 missiles, most are medium & short range surface to air missiles & cruise missiles, per official
NEW: US assesses #Ukraine airspace still contested, per senior US defense official
#Ukraine, @ZelenskyyUa still "has majority of his fixed wing aircraft available....they are flying"
Air defense systems also operable, per official
#Ukraine, @ZelenskyyUa still "has majority of his fixed wing aircraft available....they are flying"
Air defense systems also operable, per official
NEW: 500 additional US troops being sent to #Europe, per senior US defense official
Includes refueling personnel...
Brings total 100,000 US military personal stationed and/or deployed to #Europe, per the official
Includes refueling personnel...
Brings total 100,000 US military personal stationed and/or deployed to #Europe, per the official
No indication #Russia preparing to move battalion tactical groups from elsewhere to shore up what they've put into #Ukraine, per senior US defense official
NEW: #Putin "is creating a flow of refugees" but no indications
NEW: "The Russians are trying to recruit #Syria|n in particular...we find that noteworthy that he [#Putin] blvs he needs to rely on foreign fighters" per senior US defense official
No estimate of numbers-"not clear to us that they've set a quota"
No estimate of numbers-"not clear to us that they've set a quota"
Reports of #Russia recruiting #Syria|ns for #Ukraine previously came from @DeirEzzor24: deirezzor24.net/en/russia-has-…
Also, @WSJ: wsj.com/articles/russi…
Also, @WSJ: wsj.com/articles/russi…
#Russia invasion of #Ukraine still stalling
"We're not seeing a lot of progress, at least over the course of the past couple of days" per senior US defense official "They continue to be frustrated by a stiff #Ukrainian resistance as well as their own internal challenges"
"We're not seeing a lot of progress, at least over the course of the past couple of days" per senior US defense official "They continue to be frustrated by a stiff #Ukrainian resistance as well as their own internal challenges"
Senior US defense official cautions #Russia forces having more success in south of #Ukraine️
Also notes that #Russia still has superior numbers-"I don't think we should underestimate that"
Also notes that #Russia still has superior numbers-"I don't think we should underestimate that"
"We have anecdotal reports that at places and at times the #Russia|ns have not recovered their dead" per senior US defense official
But official says US cannot assess whether that is "wholesale" Russian tactic/decision
But official says US cannot assess whether that is "wholesale" Russian tactic/decision
US has "continued to flow things into #Ukraine...14 other nations have done the same thing" per senior US defense official "Thru numerous venues...on the ground"
"We haven't seen those avenues closed on threatened" per the official
"We haven't seen those avenues closed on threatened" per the official
MORE: Despite #Russia|n efforts to recruit mercenaries from #Syria, US not seeing evidence Syrian fighters have actually arrived in #Ukraine, per senior US defense official
Russian forces not focused on #Ukraine's West yet - "We've seen no significant activity in the west of #Ukraine" from #Russia forces, per senior US defense official
"Clearly there's fighting in #Kyiv...they continue to bomb it & hit it" per senior US defense official
"The main [#Russia] advance is still stalled outside the city"
"The main [#Russia] advance is still stalled outside the city"
#Belarus - "We have seen no #Belarusian units inside #Ukraine" per senior US defense official
Also says no indications Belarus is preparing to send units in
Also says no indications Belarus is preparing to send units in
#Russia-"We still believe that they want to seal off the eastern part of the country, to fix Ukrainian forces there" so help cannot be sent to #Kyiv, per senior US defense official
But official notes Russians have not been able to take #Kharkiv yet ...
But official notes Russians have not been able to take #Kharkiv yet ...
NEW: Vast majority of #Russia|n airpower "still available for use" per senior US defense official
No indications #Putin feeling need to send in air reinforcements from other parts of #Russia
No indications #Putin feeling need to send in air reinforcements from other parts of #Russia
US assistance to #Ukraine - "We continue to deliver on the security assistance package over the course of the weekend" per senior US defense official
NEW: "It appears as though the #Russia|ns are increasing their use of long-range fires to supplement of to make up for the lack of ground movement that they have had & the lack of air superiority" per senior US defense official
#Russia long range strikes vs #Ukraine-"We do assess that these strikes are hitting civilian targets, civilian infrastructure, residential areas" per sr defense official
"We can't assess w/specificity how much of those strikes...are deliberate"
"We can't assess w/specificity how much of those strikes...are deliberate"
"Clearly it's happening. It's happening at a greater rate & on a greater scale" per senior US defense official
re: #Russia long-range fires hitting civilian areas in #Ukraine
re: #Russia long-range fires hitting civilian areas in #Ukraine
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