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Apr 28 10 tweets 8 min read
Happening now: News conference by @SecDef Lloyd Austin & #Canada DefMin Anita Anand
"We know we can count on the enduring partnership" w/#Canada, per @SecDef
US, #Canada spoke not just about #Ukraine but also about "a free & open #IndoPacific" per @SecDef
Mtg at the Pentagon just now on #Ukraine "very productive" per #Canada Minister of Nat'l Defense @AnitaAnandMP

Says world now facing "the greatest threat to int'l peace & security since the second world war"
#Canadian soldiers conducting some of the training of #Ukraine forces, per #Canada's @AnitaAnandMP
"#Russia cannot redraw maps at will to meet its own ends" per #Canada's @AnitaAnandMP "Sovereign nations cannot be erased from the map and @NATO cannot be divided"
"Air defense has been a critical aspect of this entire fight" in #Ukraine, per @SecDef

"We need to make sure we are providing them [#Ukraine] w/air defense systems if they are taken out" by #Russia, he says "We will continue to use those systems that are most effective"
#Ukraine officials - "they believe that long-range fires will be key in their efforts going forward" per @SecDef, who says US working to provide them as quickly as possible for the fight in the #Donbas
"We have carried over 1 million pounds of aid so far on behalf of a number of countries" per #Canada's @AnitaAnandMP, citing supply runs by Canadian military cargo planes out of Prestwick, Scotland
Sending heavy vehicles to #Ukraine "will continue to be part of our playbook" per #Canada's @AnitaAnandMP

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More from @jseldin

Apr 29
Happening now: Briefing at the Pentagon with @PentagonPresSec John Kirby Image
BREAKING: US announces it has started training on #Ukraine troops on artillery, radar systems and armored systems in #Germany, per @PentagonPresSec

Training being done by members of the @FLGuard who had been in Ukraine before the invasion
MORE: @PentagonPresSec says training for #Ukraine troops also underway or soon to be underway in other countries

"We're grateful to be able to restart some of this training on these key systems going forward," he says
Read 5 tweets
Apr 29
Day 64 - #Russia invasion of #Ukraine

Now +1,950 missile strikes since start of conflict - preponderance of strikes now concentrated vs #Mariupol, #Donbas w/"dumb" bombs, per a senior US defense official
NEW: Indications #Russia trying to target #Ukraine's ability to maintain/resupply Ukrainian forces across the country

"We're seeing at least attempted attacks on electrical power facilities" per a senior US defense official
US assesses missile strikes that hit residential areas near #Kyiv may have been intended for #Ukraine military production facilities

"We're not 100% certain they meant to hit residential areas" in #Kyiv, per a senior US defense official
Read 25 tweets
Apr 28
NEW: US @DeptofDefense confirms an estimated $7.12 billion worth of military equipment provided to the Afghan security forces prior to their collapse "remains in Afghanistan in varying states of repair"

Total of $18.6 billion had been provided to Afghan forces from 2005-2021
"It is important to remember that the $7.12 billion figure cited in the Department’s recent report to Congress corresponds to ANDSF equipment & not US military equipment used by our forces" per @DeptofDefense spox Army Major Rob Lodewick in statement
"Nearly all equipment used by US military forces in #Afghanistan was either retrograded or destroyed prior to our withdrawal" per @DeptofDefense's Maj. Lodewick in statement
Read 10 tweets
Apr 28
Day 63 of #Russian invasion of #Ukraine: +1,900 missile launches since start of invasion - most of missile / airstrikes vs Ukraine in #Mariupol & #Donbas, per a senior US defense official
NEW: US assesses there are now 92 #Russia|n battalion tactical groups now inside #Ukraine, per a senior US defense official
NEW: #Russia making "slow & even...incremental progress in the #Donbas, per a senior US defense official

"But there has been continued pushback by the #Ukrainians...a lot of back & forth" the official says, noting Russian forces in #Ukraine still plagued by logistical issues
Read 21 tweets
Apr 27
.@Microsoft report warns of "relentless and destructive #Russia|n cyberattacks" as part of a hybrid war vs #Ukraine

"At least 6 separate Russia-aligned nation-state actors launch[ed] more than 237 operations...including destructive attacks that are ongoing" per @TomBurt45
The #Russia-linked attacks vs #Ukraine "threaten civilian welfare" per @Microsoft's @TomBurt45 in blog post

Attacks "have also been accompanied by broad espionage and intelligence activities..."
#Russia's #cyber attacks "have not only degraded the systems of institutions in #Ukraine but have also sought to disrupt people’s access to reliable information & critical life services... & have attempted to shake confidence in the country’s leadership" per @TomBurt45
Read 9 tweets
Apr 27
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
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
Read 13 tweets

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