Happening now: @PentagonPresSec briefs the media from the Pentagon... 
#Yavoriv strikes - "This was clearly a Russia|n airstrike"
per @PentagonPresSec, who says the missiles were launched from Russian jets
"We know that several structures were hit..." he says
per @PentagonPresSec, who says the missiles were launched from Russian jets
"We know that several structures were hit..." he says
Airstrikes vs #Yavoriv is 3rd major strikes by #Russia in western #Ukraine - "It certainly appears the Russians are broadening their target set" per @PentagonPresSec
Earlier Monday, a senior defense official said the strikes on #Yavoriv were launched from #Russia|n airspace...
https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/1503451669132099591?s=20&t=WPAYbmq0gLVtbQ5fKeUbiQ
US trying to get "as much security assistance to the #Ukrainians as fast as we can" per @PentagonPresSec
#Yavoriv-"They used multiple cruise missiles here. Clearly they had their reasons ..." per @PentagonPresSec "The #Russia|ns clearly are expanding some of their target sets..."
Also "They [#Russia] continue to be frustrated by a very stiff #Ukrainian resistance" he says
Also "They [#Russia] continue to be frustrated by a very stiff #Ukrainian resistance" he says
"We are in constant communication w/our #Ukrainians counterparts about the type of assistance that they need" per @PentagonPresSec
Says @DeptofDefense working on getting #Ukraine another $200 mil in security assistance as authorized by @POTUS
Says @DeptofDefense working on getting #Ukraine another $200 mil in security assistance as authorized by @POTUS
"The #Ukrainians continue to fight back..." per @PentagonPresSec
#Russia's lack of progress- "If you just look at the map...some of that is due to their own stumbles" he says "But a lot of that is due to the Ukrainian resistance"
#Russia's lack of progress- "If you just look at the map...some of that is due to their own stumbles" he says "But a lot of that is due to the Ukrainian resistance"
"We still assess the #Russia|ns don not have air superiority" in #Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec "The Ukrainians are defending their airspace ably"
"I don't want to reduce this to just some sort of signaling" per @PentagonPresSec re #Russia missile strike vs #Yavoriv
"Look at the damage & the death he's [#Putin] causing in #Kyiv & #Kharkhiv & #Mariupol" per Kirby "He clearly has more than a message in mind..."
"Look at the damage & the death he's [#Putin] causing in #Kyiv & #Kharkhiv & #Mariupol" per Kirby "He clearly has more than a message in mind..."
US sending security aid to #Ukraine "as fast as we can & as nimbly as we can" per @PentagonPresSec
"As we stand here today, those shipments are getting into the hands of the #Ukrainians"
"As we stand here today, those shipments are getting into the hands of the #Ukrainians"
"Almost all" of the initial $350 mil in US security assistance has been delivered to #Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec
Work starting on the next $200 mill package, he says
Work starting on the next $200 mill package, he says
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