#Russia-#Ukraine: "The real challenge though is not just kinda of gotten ahead of this & mounting a response in the early days" @WHNSC Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer tells #EUDFF22
"The real challenge for all of us is going to be sustaining this over time"
"The real challenge for all of us is going to be sustaining this over time"
US, EU, @NATO sustaining support for #Ukraine - "I think on some level #Russia is counting on that not being the case & we're going to have to prove them wrong" per @WHNSC's Jon Finer
"You are seeing us, almost on a weekly basis, certainly w/great regularity, finding ways to provide new forms of support [to #Ukraine], support that we think will match the moment that we're in" per @WHNSC's Finer
"This is not just about new & different things that we can provide the #Ukrainians" per @WHNSC's Finer "On some level this is going to be abt sustainment-their ability to sustain the fight & use the tools that they have been provided & that they have been trained on..."
"...& our ability to sustain our support over the long haul" per @WHNSC's Finer
"I don't see hesitation" per @WHNSC's Finer, asked about #Ukraine officials saying US, allies seem reluctant to give its military some weapons/weapon systems
"I see the #UnitedStates really leaning forward...I see us trying to respond to the needs as we assess them"
"I see the #UnitedStates really leaning forward...I see us trying to respond to the needs as we assess them"
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