March 16, 2022 Russian Troops Bogged Down in Face of Stiff Ukraine Resistance, Says DOD Official Russian advances continue to be stalled near Kyiv, the Ukraine capital, and those forces have not made any significant advances toward the city, a senior Defense Department official said.
March 16, 2022 Biden Signs Order Transferring Arms to Ukrainian Defenders President Joe Biden signed an order to transfer $800 million worth of equipment to help the people of Ukraine defend their freedom.
March 16, 2022 NATO Defense Ministers Urge Changes to Alliance Collective Defense Russia's unprovoked attack on Ukraine has changed the security environment, and the North Atlantic Alliance will change too, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at the conclusion of a meeting of alliance defense ministers in Brussels.
March 15, 2022 NATO Chief: There Will Be 'High Price to Pay' for Russian Use of Chemical Weapons Russia is making "absurd claims" about biological labs and chemical weapons in Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
March 11, 2022 Ukrainians United in Resisting Russian Invasion The Ukrainian fight against Russia's invasion of their country is truly a national effort, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said.
March 11, 2022 Russian Military Efforts Stymied by Blunders, Stiff Ukrainian Resistance, Defense Official Says Ukrainian resistance continues to be "stiff and determined," a senior defense official said at a Pentagon press briefing.
March 9, 2022 U.S. Doesn't Want Warfare in Ukraine to Escalate, Says DOD Official Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III thanked Poland's willingness to continue to look for ways to assist Ukraine, but he stressed that the U.S. does not support the transfer of additional fighter aircraft to the Ukrainian Air Force at this time.
March 9, 2022 Defense Official Says Russia Hasn't Gained Superiority Over Ukraine On day 14 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, DOD officials have noted more than 710 missile launches of all varieties, nearly evenly split from being launched inside Ukraine and from Russia, a senior Defense Department official said.
March 9, 2022 U.S., Finland Work Closely to Aid Ukraine, Defend Europe In yet another sign of the world's revulsion of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, Finnish Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen told Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III that "in these troubled times, Finland stands ready to work together with the United States."
March 4, 2022 National Defense Strategy Includes Lessons Learned From Past 6 Months The Defense Department is learning from experiences of the past six months, as Russia built up troops around Ukraine and then invaded that country, and the observations are being incorporated into the National Defense Strategy, the Pentagon press secretary said.