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Jun 24 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
#China threat-"What we are seeing is from my seat is the largest military buildup in history since WWII" @INDOPACOM Commander Adm John Aquilino tells @FDD

"That buildup encompasses all domains & all capabilities..to include strategic nuclear capability"
Lesson from #Russia-#Ukraine: "The world is certainly unwilling to accept a single person's actions, illegitimate, unprovoked to change the world order" per @INDOPACOM's Adm Aquilino
#Russia-#Ukraine: "The most concerning aspect of it from where I sit is that the Peoples' Republic of #China has declared a no limits policy in support of Russia" per @INDOPACOM's Adm Aquilino
"What the means to the IndoPacific & the globe if those 2 nations were to truly demonstrate & deliver a no-limits policy...we're in an extremely dangerous time & place in the history of humanity if that were to come true" per @INDOPACOM's Adm Aquilino
"I don't think we can operate under a business as usual mindset...based on the security environment & the objectives of some of our competitors" per @INDOPACOM's Adm Aquilino

re #China #Russia #NorthKorea

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Jun 24
JUST IN: @DeptofDefense statement on release of Asadullah Haroon al-Afghani, aka Gul, from the GuantanamoBay

Gul transferred "in accordance w/the US District of Columbia’s order...ruling the United States no longer has a legal basis to justify the continued detention of Mr. Gul"
Per @DeptofDefense, the transfer of Asadullah Haroon al-Afghani & repatriation to #Afghanistan was also cleared by the Periodic Review Board (PRB) in October 2021

The board includes senior officials from @TheJusticeDept @StateDept @DHSgov & @ODNIgov
Reaction to the US releasing #GuantanamoBay detainee Asadullah Haroon & returning him to #Afghanistan from Senate Armed Services Comm. ranking member @JimInhofe

"By returning this Guantanamo detainee to the Taliban, President Biden is now repopulating the terrorists’ ranks"
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Jun 24
NEW: #Ukraine forces retrograde from #Sieverodonetsk - "putting themselves in better position" to defend themselves, per a US senior defense official, saying US #HIMARS, artillery assistance will help

"The Russians are just eeking out inch by inch of territory" per the official
US training in place to make sure #Ukraine forces can use the #HIMARS & other "@NATO-standard systems", per a senior US defense official
Latest US aid to #Ukraine result of "extensive consultations" w/Ukrainian officials, per a senior US defense official

Says US officials consulting w/Ukrainian officials on aid & "moving heaven & earth" to get it to them
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Jun 23
US sending another $450 million of security assistance to #Ukraine - including new #HIMARS, tens of thousands of ammo rounds & patrol boats, per @WHNSC 's John Kirby
At upcoming G7 in #Germany, @POTUS will work to secure new commitments to isolate #Russia from the global economy & target #Moscow's defense supply chain - "tighten the screws" - per @WHNSC's Kirby
@NATO-#Africa: "In general, the security situation on the southern flank of NATO is almost always on the agenda" per @WHNSC's Kirby "We recognize the challenges & the threats that continue to affect security of our NATO allies on the southern flank"
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Jun 23
US bracing for long slog btw #Ukraine, #Russia forces in the #Donbas

"This is a part of the country that both armies know well & both are digging in" @WHNSC's John Kirby tells VOA Ukrainian @holosameryky
"The #Russia|ns are making incremental but not consistent progress. The #Ukrainians are pushing back" per @WHNSC's Kirby
US "we want #Ukraine to succeed on the battlefield & we want them to succeed at the negotiating table if & when it comes to that" per @WHNSC's Kirby to @VOANews' @holosameryky

"Obviously, we're not at that stage right now..."
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Jun 23
ICYMI: @USAmbOSCE Michael Carpenter accuses #Russia of exploiting extremism & ultranationalism

"This far-right ultranationalism is in fact being cultivated as a tool of war" he said in a speech to the @OSCE Permanent Council in #Vienna
"The utter contempt shown by such large numbers of #Russia’s soldiers for the humanity of #Ukraine’s elderly, women, & children is the direct outcome of feeding its forces a pack of lies...&the inculcation of ultranationalist & dehumanizing ideas among its troops" per @USAmbOSCE
Extremist / Ultranationalist "ideology has long been propagated inside #Russia" per @USAmbOSCE

"The Kremlin’s ultranationalist agenda has also, at times, translated into support for neo-Nazi groups internationally aimed at destabilizing democratic countries"
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Jun 22
#Russia-#Ukraine: "One of the worst effects...in my view is that it focused attention of the European member states on the eastern front, lowering the already low level of attention on the south" Deputy Dir General of the EU Military Staff LtGen Giovanni Manione tells #EUDFF22
"It is a tragic effect. It is a huge mistake" per the EU Military Staff's LtGen Manione

"We are keeping resources stick to just in case something happens, forgetting completely that actions should be taken now in another theater"
#Ukraine - "I'm not sure this is the main target of the #Russia|ns" per the EU Military Staff's LtGen Manione

"The main target of the Russian could be having ppl focused on there [Ukraine], forgetting they're [Russia's] actions elsewhere"
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