Day 49 - US seeing #Russia reassembling, staging forces/equipment in #Belarus, #Russia for a "renewed push" expected to target eastern #Ukraine, #Donbas, per a senior US defense official
Equipment being staged includes helicopters, artillery systems, official says
Equipment being staged includes helicopters, artillery systems, official says
Since start of invasion, #Russia's launched +1,550 missiles vs #Ukraine (up abt 10 since Tuesday), per a senior US defense official
US reports 150 manned #Russia|n air sorties in past 24 hours, focused on #Mariupol, eastern #Ukraine / #Donbas
US reports 150 manned #Russia|n air sorties in past 24 hours, focused on #Mariupol, eastern #Ukraine / #Donbas
NEW: "Javelins continue to flow in" - another shipment coming in next 24 hours for #Ukraine, per a senior US defense official
Remain US #switchblade drones arriving in the next 24 hours
Remain US #switchblade drones arriving in the next 24 hours
"We still hold #Mariupol is contested" per a senior US defense official
"We still do not blv the #Russia|ns have taken #Mariupol but clearly they remain focused on that"
"We still do not blv the #Russia|ns have taken #Mariupol but clearly they remain focused on that"
#Russia|n towns of #Belgorod #Valuyki, others serving as primary staging areas for expected Russian push into eastern #Ukraine, per a senior US defense official
#Russia - "All of their ground forces [in #Ukraine] are either in the #Donbas...and then in the south arrayed from #Mariupol down to #Mykolayiv" per a senior US defense official
#Ukraine success so far vs #Russia due in part to the Ukrainian military's "willingness and ability to adapt in real-time to #Russian tactics" per a sr US defense official
Official adds 8 years of US, UK training has served to "help them be a more battlefield effective force"
Official adds 8 years of US, UK training has served to "help them be a more battlefield effective force"
"We haven't seen any indication that the Chinese have delivered any tangible assistance" to #Russia, per a senior US defense official
#Russia troops: "In various places & various units they continue to have significant #morale issues" per a sr US defense official
"We do have indications, we continues to get them, of frustration" w/orders & leadership, per official, saying some conscripts are "disillusioned"
"We do have indications, we continues to get them, of frustration" w/orders & leadership, per official, saying some conscripts are "disillusioned"
NEW: US looking at options for additional #switchblade drone training for #Ukraine military, per a senior US defense official
How, where to do it still being discussed
How, where to do it still being discussed
"There has been a sense of urgency" per a senior US defense official on getting #Ukraine security assistance
"We have been pushing things to them at unprecedented speed...48 hours, sometimes even faster" per the official
"We have been pushing things to them at unprecedented speed...48 hours, sometimes even faster" per the official
US arms/ammo/equipment-"We are getting them into Ukrainian hands, literally as fast as we can" per a senior US defense official
Says #Ukraine leadership ultimate decides where it goes inside the country once it's delivered
Says #Ukraine leadership ultimate decides where it goes inside the country once it's delivered
NO update on alleged #chemicalweapons use by #Russia in #Mariupol - "We're still analyzing it" per a senior US defense official
More US security assistance to #Ukraine - "Stay tuned" a senior US defense official tells reporters
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