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NEW: @StateDept @SecBlinken in surprise visit to #Kyiv to announce additional $2.6 billion in security assistance for #Ukraine and other countries under threat from #Russia
UPDATE: Details from @StateDept @SecBlinken on -$2.8 billion- in assistance for #Ukraine & its neighbors
$2.2 billion in "long-term investments...to bolster the security of Ukraine & 18 of its neighbors"
$675 million for "additional arms, munitions, & equipment" for #Kyiv
$2.2 billion in "long-term investments...to bolster the security of Ukraine & 18 of its neighbors"
$675 million for "additional arms, munitions, & equipment" for #Kyiv
New aid "will bring the total US military assistance for #Ukraine to approximately $15.2 billion since the beginning of this Administration" per @SecBlinken
"The capabilities we are delivering are carefully calibrated to make the most difference on the battlefield" he adds
"The capabilities we are delivering are carefully calibrated to make the most difference on the battlefield" he adds
NEW/BREAKING: Day 177 of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine - US prepping another $775 million security pkg for #Kyiv in the tradition of w/"what they need, when they need it" per a senior US defense official
NEW US $775 million pkg for #Ukraine will include:
- more ammo for #HIMARS, which have "really changed the dynamic on the battlefield"
- 16 105mm #Howitzers & 36,000 artillery rounds
per a senior US defense official
- more ammo for #HIMARS, which have "really changed the dynamic on the battlefield"
- 16 105mm #Howitzers & 36,000 artillery rounds
per a senior US defense official
US pkg will also boost #Ukraine's surveillance capabilities with 15 #ScanEagle drones, per a senior US defense official
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
"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
Says US officials consulting w/Ukrainian officials on aid & "moving heaven & earth" to get it to them
1/17
Press briefing: US Def Sec #Austin and Gen. #Milley after the 3rd #Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels.
Selected points: (note, this is *not* a NATO meeting. It's an ad hoc group, that has now grown to 50 countries.)
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Press briefing: US Def Sec #Austin and Gen. #Milley after the 3rd #Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Brussels.
Selected points: (note, this is *not* a NATO meeting. It's an ad hoc group, that has now grown to 50 countries.)
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Day 92 of #Russia's war in #Ukraine
Now 110 Russian Battalion Tactical Groups operating in #Ukraine, most in the south of #Ukraine, per a senior US defense official
"We assess that #Russia has made some incremental gains...still is fighting for control of the town of #Lyman"
Now 110 Russian Battalion Tactical Groups operating in #Ukraine, most in the south of #Ukraine, per a senior US defense official
"We assess that #Russia has made some incremental gains...still is fighting for control of the town of #Lyman"
"We blv that #Russia|n forces have been able to seize most of northeastern #Sievierodonetsk" per a senior US defense official
Day 84 of #Russia's war in #Ukraine
Russia making some "incremental progress in the direction of the #BlackSea" near #Kherson & #Mikolayiv, per a senior US defense official
Russian also making some progress in #Donetsk
Russia making some "incremental progress in the direction of the #BlackSea" near #Kherson & #Mikolayiv, per a senior US defense official
Russian also making some progress in #Donetsk
#Russia|n progress overall "fairly limited...a few kilometers maybe every day" per a senior US defense official
#Russia|n military offensives becoming smaller, more localized - US seeing "a shrinking of their offensives & their goals...using smaller units" per a senior US defense official
Day 82 of #Russia-#Ukraine - Fight focused on the #Donbas w/both sides exchanged artillery fire
"They [#Russia] did not make significant territorial gains..." per a senior US defense official
"They [#Russia] did not make significant territorial gains..." per a senior US defense official
NEW: #Russia invasion of #Ukraine - Russian ground forces making "slow and uneven" in #Donbas, w/airstrikes ongoing there & in #Mariupol, per a senior US defense official
"Limited stand-off strikes" near #Odesa, official adds
"Limited stand-off strikes" near #Odesa, official adds
#Russia increased # of sorties to over 300 in past 24 hours, per a senior US defense official
Towns & villages changing hands still - "There's a lot of back and forth" per a senior US defense official
US-#Ukraine troop training update:
+220 trained on M777 #howitzers
+150 training on the Howitzers
15 completed trained on mobile air defense radar systems
60 trained in armored personnel carriers, w/50 still training
...per @PentagonPresSec
+220 trained on M777 #howitzers
+150 training on the Howitzers
15 completed trained on mobile air defense radar systems
60 trained in armored personnel carriers, w/50 still training
...per @PentagonPresSec
Another 20 #Ukraine soldier are completing a week-long training on the #Phoenix #Ghost drones, per @PentagonPresSec
The drones have not yet been delivered to Ukraine...
The drones have not yet been delivered to Ukraine...
No US confirmation of #Ukraine claims it targeted/hit the #Russia|n frigate Admiral Makarov
"We've been looking at this all day & we have no information to corroborate those reports" per @PentagonPresSec
"We've been looking at this all day & we have no information to corroborate those reports" per @PentagonPresSec
Day 68 - #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine️
+2,125 missile launches since start of the invasion
"We continue to see minimal at best progress by the Russians in the #Donbas" per a senior US defense official
+2,125 missile launches since start of the invasion
"We continue to see minimal at best progress by the Russians in the #Donbas" per a senior US defense official
NEW: #Russia|ns not holding gains in #Donbas - "They'll move in, declare victory and then pull out, allowing the #Ukrainians to take it back" per a senior US defense official
Says Russian forces appear risk, casualty averse and "anemic"
Says Russian forces appear risk, casualty averse and "anemic"
Happening now: Briefing at the Pentagon with @PentagonPresSec John Kirby
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
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
"We're grateful to be able to restart some of this training on these key systems going forward," he says
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
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
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
"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
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
#France will provide #Ukraine with 12 #Caesar #howitzers. French president Macron alluded to the transfer in an interview with Ouest France published earlier today. The publication then found out additional details of the deal.🧵1/
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France not only will provide the Caesar howitzers to Ukraine, it also will train 40 Ukrainian soldiers how to operate the weapon system. The training sessions will take place in France. 2/
The Caesar howitzers are wheeled self-propelled 155 mm artillery systems. The Caesar has a firing range of 42-50 km and typically is operated by a crew of five (but can be operated by as few as three people). 3/
