NEW: "#Russia has thus far manifestly failed to accomplish" its main objectives in invading #Ukraine, per @WHNSC's @JakeSullivan46
"It has thus far achieved the opposite"
"It has thus far achieved the opposite"
"The brave citizens of #Ukraine are refusing to submit. they are fighting back" per @WHNSC's @JakeSullivan46
"Although #Russia may take more territory in these brutal military operations, it will never take the country away from the Ukrainian ppl"
"Although #Russia may take more territory in these brutal military operations, it will never take the country away from the Ukrainian ppl"
"#Russia|n power & prestige has been badly depleted" per @WHNSC's @JakeSullivan46
"The Russian military has dramatically underperformed. The Russian economy has been rocked by powerful sanctions. The Russian high-tech & defense sectors are being choked off"
"The Russian military has dramatically underperformed. The Russian economy has been rocked by powerful sanctions. The Russian high-tech & defense sectors are being choked off"
"Nations of the free world are more united, more determined & more purposeful than at any point in recent memory" adds @WHNSC's @JakeSullivan46
.@POTUS set to talk w/allies in #Brussels abt next phase of military assistance to #Ukraine, new #Russia sanctions...adjustments to @NATO force posture, per @WHNSC's @JakeSullivan46
"There will be hard days ahead in #Ukraine, hardest for the Ukrainian troops on the front lines. & the civilians under #Russia|n bombardment" per @WHNSC's @JakeSullivan46
But says US, West, prepared & committed to #Ukraine "for as long as it takes"
But says US, West, prepared & committed to #Ukraine "for as long as it takes"
#Russia "is never going to be able to subjugate the Ukrainian ppl" per @JakeSullivan46
"Whether Russia takes a city, takes a town or takes more territory, they are never going to be able to achieve the purpose they set out...which was to bring this country [#Ukraine] to heel"
"Whether Russia takes a city, takes a town or takes more territory, they are never going to be able to achieve the purpose they set out...which was to bring this country [#Ukraine] to heel"
#Cyber attacks can trigger @NATO's Article 5 - that an attack on one is an attack on all
"That is absolutely something where we & other countries could help bring capabilities to bear to help a country both defend itself & respond" per @WHNSC's @JakeSullivan46
"That is absolutely something where we & other countries could help bring capabilities to bear to help a country both defend itself & respond" per @WHNSC's @JakeSullivan46
#China-#Russia - "We have not seen...the provision of military equipment by China to Russia" per @WHNSC's @JakeSullivan46
"This is something we are monitoring closely. We will continue to monitor it..."
"This is something we are monitoring closely. We will continue to monitor it..."
US, @NATO force posture re #Russia- "Right now, the [US] secretary of defense, the supreme allied commander-Europe blv that they have effective posture today for what's necessary today" per @WHNSC's @JakeSullivan46
"...Of course, that could evolve in the coming days & weeks" per @WHNSC's @JakeSullivan46
US, @NATO force posture in #Europe
US, @NATO force posture in #Europe
#Russia|n casualties in #Ukraine - "We do blv that number's in the thousands" per @WHNSC's @JakeSullivan46, saying assessment is "imprecise"
#Russia possibly using so-called tactical nukes-"It is something we have to be concerned abt" per @WHNSC's @JakeSullivan46
"We have not changed our nuclear posture to date but we are constantly monitoring for that potential...we take it as seriously as one can take it"
"We have not changed our nuclear posture to date but we are constantly monitoring for that potential...we take it as seriously as one can take it"
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