{"id":1353274,"date":"2022-03-01T17:23:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T22:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1353274"},"modified":"2022-03-01T17:23:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T22:23:13","slug":"pentagon-announces-security-packages-to-aid-ukrainians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-announces-security-packages-to-aid-ukrainians\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon announces security packages to aid Ukrainians"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpentagon-announces-security-packages-to-aid-ukrainians%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1353274&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2683533\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2683533\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2683533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AP22059734824811.jpg\" alt=\"Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2683533\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:36 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, March 1, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Pentagon officials provided an update discussing the upcoming movement of U.S. forces in Europe as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s actions over his invasion of Ukraine. On Monday, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby announced additional security assistance packages coming to the aid for Ukrainians to help them defend their country.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe kinds of material that are going to be in these security systems packages going forward, I think you\u2019ve rightly said with detail,\u201d Kirby stated. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be some weapons that can support them on the ground as well as weapons that could support the airborne challenges they have, and I think I think we feel comfortable going about that far.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With the invasion pressing forward, the Pentagon official stressed Russian forces have set their sights on the capital city of Kiev. Kirby also emphasized that they believe Russia\u2019s intent is to move into the capital.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cMake no mistake, Mr. Putin still has at his disposal significant combat power,\u201d said the press secretary. \u201cHe hasn\u2019t moved all of it into Ukraine, but he\u2019s moved the majority of it. He still has a lot that he hasn\u2019t moved into Ukraine\u2026they continue to want to move on Kiev, to capture Kiev, to take Kiev\u00a0and although we don\u2019t know everything about this convoy, it is certainly in keeping with what we believe their intent with respect to the capital city.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Kirby commended the Ukrainians for putting up a strong resistance to invading Russian forces while pointing out the setbacks the Russians have encountered.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cWhat we also have seen is Ukrainians resisting quite effectively around, I think, continuously and they have made it a tough slog for the Russians to move further south,\u201d he noted. \u201cThe Russians have not only experienced a stiff and determined resistance by the Ukrainians, but logistics and sustainment problems of their own.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This as Russia\u2019s nuclear forces were placed on high alert on Sunday, a move Kirby denounced while assuring they are closely monitoring the situation and will take the necessary steps in securing the safety of the the U.S. nation.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen Mr. Putin\u2019s announcement, we believe is as unnecessary as it is escalatory, but we\u2019re reviewing and analyzing that announcement,\u201d Kirby stated. \u201cAnd I would only just tell you that that as we continue to review and analyze and monitor, Secretary Austin is comfortable with the strategic deterrence posture of the United States and our ability to defend the homeland, our allies and our partners.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PentagonPresSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PentagonPresSec<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecDef<\/a> approved two requests for assistance in and around the Capitol area. The first request was from the DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IJdcKVoiyn\">pic.twitter.com\/IJdcKVoiyn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Department of Defense \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@DeptofDefense) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeptofDefense\/status\/1496613840515182595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the meantime, Kirby said while its not possible to know exactly what the Russian war plan is for Ukraine, it\u2019s believed their plans may have been delayed as a result of the unexpected resistance by Ukrainian forces. Looking ahead, he recommended caution in assessing the situation in Ukraine, especially when it relates to drawing conclusions about Russian military plans, efforts or capabilities.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/one-on-one-with-tristan-justice-the-western-correspondent-for-the-federalist\/\">One-On-One With Tristan Justice, The Western Correspondent For The Federalist<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon spokesman John<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1353274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}