Happening now: @PentagonPresSec briefs reporters at the Pentagon 
#Russia repositioning from around #Kyiv-"We continue to see indications that they are moving a small number..." per @PentagonPresSec "It has not been wholesale by any means"
"Not exactly clear...where they are going to go, for how long, for what purpose" he says
"Not exactly clear...where they are going to go, for how long, for what purpose" he says
US believes small number of #Russia|n troops being repositioned from around #Kyiv likely will be sent to #Belarus to resupply & refit before being sent elsewhere in #Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec
Same w/Russian troops being repositioned from #Chernobyl, he says
Same w/Russian troops being repositioned from #Chernobyl, he says
The #Russia|n resupply convoy headed for #Kyiv? @PentagonPresSec says not clear if the 40-mile-long convoy even exists anymore
"Obviously they didn't get there" he says, crediting #Ukraine's resistance "You have to credit the Ukrainians for some real dexterity"
"Obviously they didn't get there" he says, crediting #Ukraine's resistance "You have to credit the Ukrainians for some real dexterity"
US "not in a training environment in #Poland w/#Ukrainians" per @PentagonPresSec
But he says there "is some liaison going on...but we wouldn't call it classic training"
But he says there "is some liaison going on...but we wouldn't call it classic training"
US security assistance to #Ukraine - $350 million package complete in 3 weeks, per @PentagonPresSec
The next $200 million package almost all delivered, he says
Half a dozen shipments from the $800 million package have been delivered w/rest being delivered "in a cpl of weeks"
The next $200 million package almost all delivered, he says
Half a dozen shipments from the $800 million package have been delivered w/rest being delivered "in a cpl of weeks"
US security assistance to #Ukraine/shipments typically a mixture of weapon systems - #javelins, #stingers - as well as body armor, medical supplies & ammunition, per @PentagonPresSec
US security assistance to #Ukraine-"I've never seen the Department of Defense be able to move w/this alacrity or speed as I have these past few weeks" per @PentagonPresSec
#Russia's forces around #Kyiv -"What they call deescalation, I call repositioning" per @PentagonPresSec "Kyiv is still a central focus of their airstrikes"
"We don't have trainers on the ground in #Ukraine...we are not doing tactical level advise & assist" per @PentagonPresSec
#Russia|n conscript call-up -134,000- & claims they will not be sent into #Ukraine - "We'll see" per @PentagonPresSec
"I don't think you can take anything from the [Russian] Ministry of Defense at face value" he adds, noting conscripts sent into Ukraine early on "were lied to"
"I don't think you can take anything from the [Russian] Ministry of Defense at face value" he adds, noting conscripts sent into Ukraine early on "were lied to"
"Hard to say, really is" per @PentagonPresSec when asked how long the war in #Ukraine will go on
"The Ukrainians are fighting really really well & the #Russia|ns are not" he says
"The Ukrainians are fighting really really well & the #Russia|ns are not" he says
"The most important, decisive factor in #Russia's failure so far...are the #Ukrainians themselves. And not just the Ukrainian armed forces but the Ukrainian ppl," per @PentagonPresSec
No direct comment on security pact between #China & the #SolomonIslands from @PentagonPresSec
But he says, "We have continued to see China outreach to be coercive, to be aggressive..."
But he says, "We have continued to see China outreach to be coercive, to be aggressive..."
#China "they not only bully their neighbors...but they are basically building island aircraft carriers to advance their own nat'l security goals" per @PentagonPresSec following Q on security pact between #China & the #SolomonIslands
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