NEW: Pentagon says it opposes transfer of #Poland's MiGs to #Ukraine, describing the potential move as "high risk" per @PentagonPresSec
Kirby adds US intelligence also warned against the transfer, saying it "could be mistaken as escalatory" by #Russia
Kirby adds US intelligence also warned against the transfer, saying it "could be mistaken as escalatory" by #Russia
More: US looking at alternative options - working w/other allies who may be able to help #Ukraine air defense systems, like surface-to-air missiles, possibly additional manpads & anti-armor systems, per @PentagonPresSec
MORE: "We don't believe additional aircraft is the most effective answer" per @PentagonPresSec, though he adds sovereign countries can do what they want
"We take seriously the intelligence community's assessment" per @PentagonPresSec re #Poland's MiGs
Says @DeptofDefense, @Secdef agrees US facilitation of the #MiGs to #Ukraine "could be mistaken by Mr. Putin & the Russians as an escalatory step"
Says @DeptofDefense, @Secdef agrees US facilitation of the #MiGs to #Ukraine "could be mistaken by Mr. Putin & the Russians as an escalatory step"
#Russia|n accusations of US-funded bioweapon labs in #Ukraine - "In the words of my Irish-Catholic grandfather, it's a bunch of malarkey" per @PentagonPresSec
"We are not, not developing biological or chemical weapons inside Ukraine"
"We are not, not developing biological or chemical weapons inside Ukraine"
#Russia allegations on bio/chem weapons possibly concerning, per @PentagonPresSec
"One of their playbooks is to accuse the other of what you are doing or what you plan to do" he says, cautioning Pentagon does NOT have any intelligence to suggest #Moscow is prepping such weapons
"One of their playbooks is to accuse the other of what you are doing or what you plan to do" he says, cautioning Pentagon does NOT have any intelligence to suggest #Moscow is prepping such weapons
Of +710 missiles launched by #Russia (per a senior defense official) at #Ukraine - "almost all of the missiles that have been fired...have been targeted at sites in the eastern part of the country" per @PentagonPresSec
"No evidence...I can speak to" of #thermobaric weapons being deployed by #Russia, per @PentagonPresSec
MORE on #Poland's #MiGs - @PentagonPresSec emphasizes the US will not take part in facilitating the transfer to #Ukraine but that individual countries can make their own choices...
US decision on #MiG-29 transfer from #Poland to #Ukraine - "We're not drawing a red line here" per @PentagonPresSec "We're always going through the calculus of the need and the potential risk of providing [for] that need"
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