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Mar 30 12 tweets 11 min read
Happening now - @US_EUCOM @SHAPE_NATO Commander Gen Tod Wolters testifies before the House Armed Services Committee

Ranking member @RepMikeRogersAL: "The #Russia|n offensive [in #Ukraine] appears to be stalled. If Russian casualties don't exceed 10,000, they soon will" Image
"The global response to #Russia's aggression has been remarkable..." per @DeptofDefense Asst Sec for Int'l Security Affairs Celeste Wallander

"Simply out, Russia's attempts to divide the #UnitedStates from its allies & partners have failed miserably" Image
HASC Chair @RepAdamSmith asks how shud US balance risk between supply #Ukraine w/weapons & not further provoking #Russia

@US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters: "My 1st answer is constantly. The conditions change second by second, day by day, week by week" Image
On providing weapons to #Ukraine w/out further provoking #Russia, "Nations have the inherent right to gift whatever they would prefer..." @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters
"The risk that we have to gauge is the risk that #Russi 1st imposes upon #Ukraine" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters

"We're always concerned abt the force protection disposition of the #Ukrainian armed forces & the Ukrainian citizens"
#Russia expanding the war - "There's always a risk" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters "They obviously are capable of utilizing all domains"

"As a @NATO commander I am most concerned about the eastern periphery as it connects to #Russia"
#Ukraine need anti-armor, anti-tank & surface-to-air missiles, per @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters, citing their effectiveness so far vs #Russia
#Slovakia's offer to send #Ukraine #S300s - "We are working w/Slovakia to identify the requirements for meeting their needs" per @DeptofDefense Asst Sec Wallander

"We are working on this" she says, adding there's been outreach to other countries that have similar parts/systems
NEW: "It's got to change" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters when asked abt US permanent basing situation in eastern #Europe

"...to change the presence from a rotational to a more permanent [one]" he says, noting @NATO allies are working w/the US on this
More @USNavy Growlers, electronic warfare capability to #Europe? No details but when the question was asked during the HASC hearing, @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters defers to a classified setting but adds, "You're right. They're coming"
Getting information past #Russia|n censors - "In the military dimension...we have a large program that targets that very issue in #Ukraine & w/the nations of the periphery" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Wolters

He, Wallander defer to the classified portion of the briefing for more details
US supply of #Stingers, short-range air defense systems a concern

@DeptofDefense's Wallander calls it "a challenge that we're grappling with...many of our allies & partners who have generously made contributions to #Ukraine are asking questions also abt replenishing their stock"

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Mar 30
NEW: #Russia has repositioned a small number of troops arrayed vs #Kyiv over last 24 hours - some heading to #Belarus, per @PentagonPresSec

"None of them have repositioned to their home garrison" he adds
.@DeptofDefense believes #Russia likely to refit the moved troops and send them elsewhere in #Ukraine

Repositioning affects less than 20% of the troops arrayed vs #Kyiv - "They're leaving Kyiv & heading more to the north...away from the city" per @PentagonPresSec
NEW: "We would concur w/the conclusion that Mr. Putin has not been fully informed by his Ministry of Defense at every turn" per @PentagonPresSec
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Mar 30
NEW: Ahead of testimony before lawmakers later Wednesday, @CrowdStrike IDs new #Russia-linked #cyber group EMBER BEAR

EMBER BEAR "has operated against government and military organizations in eastern #Europe since early 2021, likely to collect intelligence from target networks"
"EMBER BEAR appears primarily motivated to weaponize the access &data obtained during their intrusions to support information operations (IO) aimed at creating public mistrust in targeted institutions & degrading gvt ability to counter #Russia|n cyber operations" per @CrowdStrike
.@CrowdStrike has "moderate confidence" EMBER BEAR targeted #Ukraine in January, February using the #whispergate wiper

EMBER BEAR not yet linked to any specific #Russia|n organization though its ops appear "consistent with other GRU cyber operations"
Read 4 tweets
Mar 29
#Chechens in Ukraine: "They have their own little war in there" @vera_mironov tells @TheSoufanCenter webinar on #Ukraine-#foreignfighters

Says Chechen contingent fighting for #Russia includes prisoners, drug addicts, others who say they take orders only from Ramzan Kadyrov
MORE: Chechen units taking orders from Kadyrov "kind of settling their previous scores" but also being kept far from #Ukraine held territory so they don't defect, per @vera_mironov

There's also a group of #Chechens fighting for #Ukraine, she says
.@dbyman tells @TheSoufanCenter he's "worried there is an intersection" between white supremacist movement & foreign fighters in #Ukraine even if the numbers right now appear to be small
Read 20 tweets
Mar 29
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
Read 8 tweets
Mar 28
JUST IN: @DeptofDefense releases 2-page fact sheet on 2022 National Defense Strategy

Top 4 priorities:
-Growing multi-domain threat posed by #China
-Deterring strategic attacks vs US, Allies, & partners
-Deterring aggression
-Building a resilient Joint Force/defense ecosystem
MORE: on priority #3 - deterring aggression, @DeptofDefense says it must be done "while being prepared to prevail in conflict when necessary, prioritizing the PRC [#China] challenge in the #IndoPacific, then the #Russia challenge in #Europe"
MORE: "The Department will remain capable of managing other persistent threats, including those from #NorthKorea, #Iran & violent extremist organizations" per @DeptofDefense fact sheet
Read 4 tweets
Mar 28
JUST IN: #Russia's #Wagner Group "has deployed to eastern #Ukraine" per #Britain's military intelligence, says @MickSmeathUK

“They are expected to deploy more than 1,000 mercenaries, including senior leaders of the organization, to undertake combat operations..."
MORE: #Britain's military intelligence assesses "#Russia has highly likely been forced to reprioritize #Wagner personnel for #Ukraine at the expense of operations in #Africa & #Syria" per @MickSmeathUK
#Britain's assessment is in line w/assessments by senior US defense officials

US said last week #Wagner Group mercs were in the #Donbas
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