View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing April 21, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY:  Okay. Lots to get through to start. First off, I think you all know, the Secretary had a chance to meet with the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at the Pentagon here today to affirm our unwavering US support for Ukraine and the humanitarian situation in that country.  The Secretary highlighted the authorization of a presidential drawdown, the additional drawdown that you saw today o ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks Welcoming Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal to the Pentagon April 21, 2022 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Well, good afternoon, everyone. Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for joining us here at the Pentagon. It is an honor to have you here. I know what painful days these are for Ukraine. Your people are suffering terribly after Russia's cruel and unjust invasion. But the world has been inspired -- inspired by your courage as you fight for your ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Remarks Welcoming Polish Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak to the Pentagon April 20, 2022 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Hello Minister Błaszczak, it's great to see you again, especially at this critical time for European security. You know, in mid-February, we met in Warsaw before the start of President Putin's unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine. At the time, I remarked on Poland's long history of fighting for its independence and he ...Continue Reading

• Allies practise air interoperability with Finland and Sweden • Video: NATO fighter jets secure the sky over eastern Europe Click here to view in your browser 15 April 2022 Update Allies practise air interoperability with Finland and Sweden NATO Allies and partners Finland and Sweden, have had a week of intensive cooperation in the skies ov ...Continue Reading

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View Online Defense Intelligence Agency Briefing on Challenges to Security in Space – 2022 April 12, 2022 TODD BREASSEALE: Hey, good afternoon, everyone. Today we're going to discuss the Defense Intelligence Agency's release of its latest, unclassified, foundational report, “Challenges to Security in Space 2022.”  This is the second edition of DIA’s series of reports designed to inform the public on key challenges and foreign military threats in space. DIA’s foundational reports foster informed dialogues between ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing, April 12, 2022 April 12, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: Yes, I'm not Kirby-late today. Wow! I knew I'd be facing your wicked stare-down, so I don't want to get the stink eye from Meghann. All right, nothing much at the top except just to let you know that the secretary had a chance this morning to speak with the Ukrainian minister of defense, Minister Reznikov. This follows a constant dialogue and conversation that the secretary has with t ...Continue Reading

View Online Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing April 11, 2022 SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL: Okay, good morning, everybody. (inaudible) here. Just go through some basic stuff. I know it's been a couple of days since we talked. Day 47 now. More than 1,500 missiles, which I know is roughly the same it was as when we talked on Friday. There hasn't -- there's been continued missile strikes over the weekend, but not many, and they're focusing their strikes -- they're striking mostly on the -- in the east, in the ...Continue Reading

View Online Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Welcomes Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh to the Pentagon April 11, 2022 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LLOYD J. AUSTIN III: Well, Minister Singh, welcome to Washington, and it's great to see you again. It's a real pleasure to host you here at the Pentagon. We're meeting at a critical moment in the U.S.-India defense partnership, and thanks to decades of hard work, we have built the foundation of one of the most important partnerships of this century. Our partnership ...Continue Reading

View Online Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing April 8, 2022 PRESS SECRETARY JOHN F. KIRBY: All right. Good afternoon, everybody. A couple of things at the top. I think you all saw the secretary's statement expressing our gratitude to the government of Slovakia for their willingness to transfer an S-300 air defense missile system to Ukraine. In that statement, he also talked about our ability, willingness, and upcoming provision of a temporary deployment of a Patriot system into Slovakia so ...Continue Reading