NEW: US #Patriot missile system, crewed by US troops, being sent to #Slovakia is on "temporary" assignment, per @PentagonPresSec
Airstrike vs #Kramatorsk #Ukraine train station -"We find unconvincing #Russian claims that they weren't involved" per @PentagonPresSec
"Our assessment is that this was a Russian strike & that they used a sort-range ballistic missile"
"Our assessment is that this was a Russian strike & that they used a sort-range ballistic missile"
#Russia "higher focus on the south & the east" of #Ukraine not likely to affect in any significant way shipments of US security assistance to #Ukraine
per @PentagonPresSec
"We are tailoring our security assistance to meet their needs on the ground" he adds
per @PentagonPresSec
"We are tailoring our security assistance to meet their needs on the ground" he adds
Biggest need for #Ukraine military so far "literally millions of rounds" of small arms ammo, per @PentagonPresSec
"Our objective is and has been to help them defend themselves" per @PentagonPresSec re #Ukraine
W/#Russia shifting focus to the #Donbas, there's "the potential here for the conflict to increase in intensity & to be prolonged" per @PentagonPresSec
Russia - "still a lot of combat power to be applied in a smaller part of the country" vs opening gambit 44 days ago
Russia - "still a lot of combat power to be applied in a smaller part of the country" vs opening gambit 44 days ago
"As we have seen...the #Ukrainians are fighting back just as hard" per @PentagonPresSec
#Ukraine - "We want to see them win" per @PentagonPresSec
"We want to see Mr. #Putin & the #Russia|n army lose this fight inside Ukraine...we want to see Ukraine whole again"
"We want to see Mr. #Putin & the #Russia|n army lose this fight inside Ukraine...we want to see Ukraine whole again"
NEW: Indirect fire - 2 rounds - vs Green Village in eastern #Syria. 4 US service members continue to be evaluated for traumatic brain injuries, per @PentagonPresSec
Tactic "right out of their playbook" for militia groups supported by #Iran, he notes
Tactic "right out of their playbook" for militia groups supported by #Iran, he notes
#Russia-"We are beginning to see indications that they are working on ways of refitting &resupplying these units" that have been pulled out of northern #Ukraine into Russia, #Belarus, per @PentagonPresSec
Says indications Moscow wants to activate tens of thousands of reservists
Says indications Moscow wants to activate tens of thousands of reservists
US doesn't have active defense plan for #Sweden, #Finland, per @PentagonPresSec but says if either asked for help it would be taken under consideration
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