NEW: #Russia "Advances continue to be generally stalled" near #Kyiv, per a senior US defense official
"No tangible progress" but rear forces are being moved forward, per official
#Ukrainians still holding town of #Brovary to the east, per official
#Russia-#Ukraine
"No tangible progress" but rear forces are being moved forward, per official
#Ukrainians still holding town of #Brovary to the east, per official
#Russia-#Ukraine
#Mariupol isolated w/#Russia forces north & east of the city, per a senior US defense official
#Mykolaiv - no major changes/Russian forces still outside the city, per official
#Odesa-US observing more naval activity & shelling nearby likely by Russian warships, per official
#Mykolaiv - no major changes/Russian forces still outside the city, per official
#Odesa-US observing more naval activity & shelling nearby likely by Russian warships, per official
US not seeing indications YET of #Russia|n amphibious assault targeting #Odesa, despite the increased naval shelling, per a senior US defense official
Since start of its invasion of #Ukraine 21 days ago, #Russia's launched +980 missiles, per a senior US defense official
"We are talking to allies & partners" abt providing #Ukraine w/systems they know how to use that US does not have, per a senior US defense official
"That includes air defense systems...mobile systems"
"That includes air defense systems...mobile systems"
US cannot corroborate reports #Slovakia willing to provide #Ukraine w/such air defense systems, per a senior US defense official
BUT @SecDef will be meeting w/Slovakian officials Thursday...
BUT @SecDef will be meeting w/Slovakian officials Thursday...
US security assistance - "things are still getting into the hands of the #Ukrainians..." per a senior US defense official
"Those routes are still open...there's not going to be a pause here" per official
"Those routes are still open...there's not going to be a pause here" per official
NEW; US seeing indications #Russia is now discussing/deliberating the need to move in supplies from outside the combat theater in #Ukraine - "That would include manpower" per a senior US defense official
"Every day they are experiencing losses" per official
"Every day they are experiencing losses" per official
US #drones to #Ukraine - "1 of the purposes of these unmanned aerial systems would be to deliver a punch" to #Russia|n forces, per a senior US defense official
NEW: #Russia's recruitment of #foreignfighters #mercenaries - "We have not seen indications that there are any inside #Ukraine right now" per a senior US defense official
#Russia "deliberating about replacements for some of the troops that they've lost" in #Ukraine, per a senior US defense official
#Russia facing "continued, very stiff resistance in #Kyiv" per a senior US defense official
#Ukraine forces mounting a "very spirited defense of their city"
#Ukraine forces mounting a "very spirited defense of their city"
Asked abt @NATO deterrence reset announced by SecGen @jensstoltenberg, a senior US defense official says US @SecDef "always going to keep on the table options" to support the eastern flank...The United States looks forward to being an active part in that decision-making process"
#Ukraine air force still flying 5-10 sorties a day, per a senior US defense official
Additional/ongoing deliveries of tactical drones to #Ukraine beyond what @POTUS announced Wednesday?
"I wouldn't rule it out" per a senior US defense official
"I wouldn't rule it out" per a senior US defense official
#Russia "They are suffering losses every day. Losses of ppl, losses of equipment, losses of aircraft" per a senior US defense official
NEW: US assesses about 75% of #Russia's total military force is being applied to the war in #Ukraine, per a senior US defense official
#Ukraine air force has been using aircraft to conduct strikes against #Russia|n forces, per a senior US defense official
US actively sharing information & intelligence w/#Ukraine that can be helpful to its forces every day, per a senior US defense official
US assesses #Putin has "about three-quarters of his military dedicated to this fight" in #Ukraine, per a senior US defense official
US expediting assistance to #Ukraine - "We understand the tyranny of time here" per a senior US defense official
#Moscow #disinformation efforts - "We haven't seen any overt efforts" by #Russia in the propaganda space aimed at US or @NATO forces, per a senior US defense official
Senior US defense official clarifies #Russia has sent about 75% of its battalion tactical groups to the front or the fight in #Ukraine
https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/1504180596448403459?s=20&t=GWhCxb7Wo36n2JRF8anA0Q
Trying to predict what happens next in #Ukraine "fool's errand" per a senior US defense official
Official says #Russia still has "vast majority of combat power available to them" of what #Moscow positioned for the invasions
but notes #Kremlin "continues to be frustrated"
Official says #Russia still has "vast majority of combat power available to them" of what #Moscow positioned for the invasions
but notes #Kremlin "continues to be frustrated"
Shelling of #Odesa suburbs could potentially be #Russia's attempt to prepare "for some sort of ground assault" whether from amphibious forces or ground forces near #Mykolaiv, per a senior US defense official
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