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Apr 8 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
JUST IN: @SecDef Lloyd Austin salutes "the generosity of the #Slovak government in providing an #S300 air defense system - a critical defensive capability - to #Ukraine"

US "will continue to coordinate w/our Allies & partners to support the needs of the Ukrainian military & ppl"
JUST IN: w/#Slovakia sending #Ukraine #S300 air defense system, @US_EUCOM "will reposition one Patriot missile system, manned by US service members, to Slovakia" per @SecDef
US expects Patriot missile system, US crew "to arrive in coming days" in #Slovakia, per @SecDef

"Their deployment length has not yet been fixed, as we continue to consult w/the Slovakian gvt about more permanent air defense solutions"
Full @SecDef statement on #Slovakia sending #S300 system to #Ukraine w/US sending US-manned #Patriot missile system to Slovakia

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Apr 8
NEW: US assesses #Russia did strike the train station in #Kramatorsk #Ukraine- "We are not buying the denial by the #Russians" per a senior US defense official

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Apr 4
NEW: 2/3 of #Russian|n forces arrayed vs #Kyiv have left, many heading north

"We assess they are largely consolidating themselves in #Belarus" before refit, resupply for redeployment to #Ukraine, likely to #Donbas, per a senior US defense official
"No indications that the #Russia|ns have made any progress in taking #Mariupol" per a senior US defense official

"Still a very bitter fight for the city"
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Apr 1
NEW: US "not in a position to comment on the #Kremlin's statements" per @PressSec, when asked abt #Russia|n claims that #Ukraine struck a Russian oil depot & statement that such actions make negotiations more difficult
"I would also note that this is a war that Pres. #Putin started, a brutal war w/#Russia's forces continuing to bombard cities across #Ukraine & commit terrible acts of violence" per @PressSec "There is 1 aggressor here-that is Pres. Putin & the Russian military at his direction"
Possible future #Ukraine attacks on #Russia|n soil - "I'm not going to get into a future hypothetical" per @PressSec, noting Ukraine has not confirmed the attack on the oil depot
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Apr 1
Happening now: @CENTCOM Change of Command Ceremony

Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie handing over command to Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla
#Ukraine "on everyone's mind" per @SecDef Lloyd Austin at @CENTCOM Change of Command ceremony

"#Putin’s invasion of his sovereign neighbor is unprovoked & unjust. And the Ukrainians are fighting bravely to defend their lives, their democracy, & their freedom"
"#Russia’s invasion isn’t just a mortal threat to #Ukraine. It’s a challenge to the rules-based international system" per @SecDef "We’ve rushed them security assistance. We’ve rallied our @NATO allies. & we’ve reinforced @NATO’s Eastern Flank w/more combat power..."
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Apr 1
US still worried abt #Russia|n disinfo campaigns on #bioweapons

"The department remains very concerned" @DeptofDefense Asst Sec Deborah Rosenblum tells lawmakers

Warns #Moscow may still use public health labs in #Ukraine as part of a #falseflag op
"I can say to you unequivocally there are no offensive biologic weapons in the #Ukraine laboratories that the #UnitedStates has been involved with" per @DeptofDefense Asst Sec Rosenblum
"The crisis in #Ukraine & the blatant threats really by #Russia-potential use of biological & chemical weapons-is opening everyone's eyes to how much of a problem this is" per @DeptofDefense Ast Sec for Space Policy John Plumb
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Mar 31
Happening now: @PentagonPresSec briefs reporters at the Pentagon Image
#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
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
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