• NATO Allies agree to further strengthen and sustain support for Ukraine • Video: A new reality for our security Click here to view in your browser 8 April 2022 Update NATO Allies agree to further strengthen and sustain support for Ukraine NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels on 6-7 April 2022 agreed to sustain and further strengthen ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing April 6, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: Last night, I think you saw that the Biden administration authorizing an additional Presidential drawdown of security systems valued at up to an additional $100 million.  This $100 million is designed to help us meet an urgent Ukrainian need for additional javelin anti-armor systems, which the United States has been providing to Ukraine, I think as all know. And they've been used very, very effec ...Continue Reading

View Online Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing April 6, 2022 SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: Okay, good morning, everybody. We'll get started. Don't have a whole lot to open up with. Day 42 -- more than 1,450 missile launches. We would assess that Russian forces near Kyiv and Chernihiv have completed their withdrawal from the area to re-consolidate and refit in Belarus and in Russia. We are not showing Russian forces in or around Kyiv or to the north Kyiv, and we're not showing Russian forces in or around Ch ...Continue Reading

Update with Doorstep by the Secretary General and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing April 4, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: Hello, everybody. Seems a little higher than... Q: A little bit. MR. KIRBY: Yes, what the heck?  Let's put it Kirby size. There we go. All right. A couple of things to go through at the top and get at your questions. I think you saw on Friday, the department notified Congress of additional assistance activities under authority provided by the Ukraine security assistance initiative. USAI and under ...Continue Reading

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On Tuesday 05 April 2022, at 14:00 CET, the NATO Secretary General will brief the press ahead of the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which will take place on 6 and 7 April 2022. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks at U.S. Central Command Change of Command (as delivered) April 1, 2022 Good afternoon, CENTCOM! It is great to be here.  Being back in Tampa always feels like coming home. This wonderful community, the great weather, the fabulous fishing… And I’m honored to be back with the incredible men and women of this team.   We’ve got some distinguished guests with us this afternoon, as the Chairman has highlighted. Those distinguished guests obviously i ...Continue Reading

• NATO Secretary General launches his Annual Report for 2021 • NATO defence and deterrence measures in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine Click here to view in your browser 1 April 2022 Update NATO Secretary General launches his Annual Report for 2021 On 31 March 2022, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg launched his annual report ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing, March 31, 2022 March 31, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: Hey guys, sorry I'm a little late. My goodness, the sarcasm is just dripping in here. I'd think it was a Friday. OK. A couple things to get to at the top here. I think today, you saw the Department released the 2021 On-Site Installation Evaluation Report. I want to remind that on his very first full day in office, Secretary Austin made a very strong commitment about sexual assault and ...Continue Reading