Happening now: Pentagon briefing with @PentagonPresSec John Kirby 
NEW: "More than half" of the 90 #Howitzers designated for #Ukraine now in Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec
A second tranche of training for Ukrainian troops outside Ukraine set to begin on that system, w/1st tranche completed earlier this week
A second tranche of training for Ukrainian troops outside Ukraine set to begin on that system, w/1st tranche completed earlier this week
US military recruitment struggles/all-volunteer force - Recruiters "aren't taking anything for granted in the recruiting environment" per @PentagonPresSec
Calls recruiting numbers lagging indicators but says numbers likely to get worse
Calls recruiting numbers lagging indicators but says numbers likely to get worse
US, @DeptofDefense security support for @USEmbassyKyiv?
"We're going to take this in steps, we'll see how it goes" per @PentagonPresSec
"We're going to take this in steps, we'll see how it goes" per @PentagonPresSec
Munitions continuing to flow into #Ukraine, per @PentagonPresSec
"Do they have enough? I think the answer to that question changes every hour" he says "We know they're expending rounds every single day..."
"Do they have enough? I think the answer to that question changes every hour" he says "We know they're expending rounds every single day..."
#Putin / #Russia nuclear threat - "The rhetoric that we keep hearing from Russian leaders...is irresponsible" per @PentagonPresSec, citing recent remarks by Russian FM Sergey Lavrov
#Russia's nuke talk - "It's rhetoric beneath what should be the level of conversation by a modern nuclear power" per @PentagonPresSec
@SecDef confident US has "the appropriate strategic nuclear posture in place"
@SecDef confident US has "the appropriate strategic nuclear posture in place"
"Nobody wants to see this war escalate...into the nuclear realm" per @PentagonPresSec re #Russia-#Ukraine
"There's no reason that it should"
"There's no reason that it should"
US "cannot confirm the reports of downed drones in #Russia" per @PentagonPresSec
Says US "has been very transparent" about material/assistance it is giving to #Ukraine
Says US "has been very transparent" about material/assistance it is giving to #Ukraine
"The rhetoric surrounding nuclear activity...is irresponsible" per @PentagonPresSec on #Russia nuke talk
"It's irresponsible for a nuclear power to even broach that topic as part of this discussion" on #Ukraine war
"It's irresponsible for a nuclear power to even broach that topic as part of this discussion" on #Ukraine war
#Russia's #Putin "has achieved none of his strategic objectives" per @PentagonPresSec, asked about effectiveness of US security assistance to #Ukraine
"However this war ends, the security landscape in #Europe has changed" per @PentagonPresSec re #Russia-#Ukraine
"The security environment has changed now in #Europe" per @PentagonPresSec, noting US will be discussing with allies & partners what US footprint in Europe will look like going forward
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