Thread by @jseldin

HAPPENING NOW: @US_EUCOM @SHAPE_NATO Commander Gen Tod Wolters testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee

"This is a pivotal moment in #Europe w/generational implications" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters

"#Russia's unprovoked & premeditated attack on #Ukraine has galvanized our allies & global partners," he adds

"As we face the largest conflict in #Europe in 3 generations our TransAtlantic alliance has responded in all warfighting domains" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters

Cites air defense contributions from 11 allies, forward deployment from #Talinn to #Sophia

"We can and will continue to maintain our support for th #Ukrainian armed forces" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters "We'll do so w/material support as well as " intel

"Our advice & our experience in respect to materiel will be very very important"

"What we've demonstrated to the European community, to the @NATO community & to the world [is] how well we can shoot, move & communicate, & transition a large force" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters

US sending 5,500 troops to #Poland, elsewhere "has enhanced our ability to secure our European ppltn on the Polish side of the border" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters

"That force has been integral to ensure than the 4 million plus refugees from #Ukraine have a soft landing once they come into Europe" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters

"And we've still got a lot of work to do..."

#Russia likely used #hypersonics in #Ukraine "to demonstrate the capability and attempt to put fear in the hearts of the [#Ukrainians]" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters "I don't think it was successful"

"There have been multiple launches" he adds, most vs military targets