Thread by @jseldin

"#Russia has failed to achieve its objectives. An independent #Ukraine endures" @DeptofDefense Asst Sec Celeste Wallander tells HASC

"Although #Russia's conventional military capabilities are diminished, Russia continues to present serious risk" per @DeptofDefense's Wallander

"...as it retains capabilities in nuclear, #cyber, information operations, counterspace & undersea warfare"

"Russia remains an acute threat" warns @DeptofDefense's Wallander

#China-"It is clear that the PRC's influence in #Europe has waned in recent years in part due to its close alignment w/#Russia" per @DeptofDefense's Wallander

#Russia-#Ukraine - "This war is far from over" @US_EUCOM Commander Gen Christopher Cavoli tells HASC

"Russia will remain an cute threat to Euro-Atlantic Security..."

"Clearly, during this conflict #Russia & #China have grown closer together" inclu on military cooperation, per @US_EUCOM's Gen Cavoli

"It appears increasingly to be an uneven romance" he says "Russia could become the junior partner"

#Russia's military not as damaged by war in #Ukraine as some might think

"Much of the Russian military has not been affected negatively by this conflict" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Cavoli

"One of those forces is their undersea forces"

#Russia's underseas assets "more active than we've seen them in years" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Cavoli

"Their patrols into the Atlantic & throughout the Atlantic are at a high level most of the time"

Tracking US aid to #Ukraine - "We inventory everything that comes through US hands on the way into Ukraine" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Cavoli

"Ee believe we have a very very solid understanding of what goes into Ukraine"

Over the past few months, #Ukraine has fielded a US-provided @NATO standard logistic tracking system, per @US_EUCOM's Gen Cavoli

"They give us access to their networks to monitor that...we watch over their shoulders"

US also doing on-site inspections to track US security aid - one happening today in #Odesa & another scheduled for next week, per @US_EUCOM's Gen Cavoli

#Ukraine's need for aircraft-"while on the list, Western modern aircraft, is about eighth on the list" per @DeptofDefense's Wallander

Says highest priorities have been air defense, artillery & armor

Donation by allies to #Ukraine "of legacy Soviet aircraft have been helpful to Ukraine because their pilots are trained on those aircraft" per @DeptofDefense's Wallander

"They know how to use them. They know how to maintain them"

"What #Ukraine really needs to do is control the airspace over its country & over its forces...They've been doing that very effectively w/ground-based air defense" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Cavoli

"That's the thing that's most imperative right now"

.@US_EUCOM's Gen Cavoli also says US tech/capabilities have been married to #Ukraine's legacy Soviet aircraft but that he can't say more in an open setting

#Ukraine will get all the weapons it needs in time for its anticipated spring offensive

"Yes" @US_EUCOM's Gen Cavoli told HASC lawmakers earlier "We sat down w/the Ukrainians, with our Ukrainian colleagues & we calculated the amount of materiel they would need..."

"...we checked it a couple of times & we gathered it from our allies" per @US_EUCOM's Gen Cavoli

"We have been shipping it into the country [#Ukraine]" he said "Over 98% of the combat vehicles are already there"

"I am very confident"