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Latest Ukraine updates: UNGA votes to demand Russian withdrawal

Russia-Ukraine news from March 2: UN General Assembly resolution condemns Russia for the invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Pelosi expresses full support for aid to Ukraine

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to approve “whatever” President Biden requests in aid to Ukraine as it battles a Russian invasion as well as additional money to the Pentagon amid the crisis.

Tribune News Service

Russia hasn't shown interest in 'deconfliction mechanism' over Ukraine conflict- Pentagon

Russia has not shown interest in creating a "deconfliction mechanism" with the United States over the Ukrainian conflict, the Pentagon said on Monday.

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US announces $350 million in additional military aid to Ukraine

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has committed an additional $350 million in military assistance to Ukraine, including anti-armor munitions, small arms and other equipment, to help the former Soviet republic defend itself against Russia’s onslaught, a Pentagon spokesman said Saturday.

Los Angeles Times

White House seeks $6.4 billion to respond to Ukraine crisis

WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday told Congress that it will need an estimated $6.4 billion in new funding to assist Ukraine as it resists a Russian invasion, to support other eastern European nations dealing with the impact and to bolster the Pentagon.

Tribune News Service

Pentagon says Russia has ‘experienced some setbacks’ in its war against Ukraine

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby says Russian forces are “not making the progress that they thought they were going to make”

The Independent UK

Russian threat is forcing a rewrite of US defense plans

WASHINGTON — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will trigger a revision of U.S. defense strategy and budgets, experts say.

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U.S. to provide additional security aid to Ukraine, Pentagon says

The United States will provide additional security assistance to Ukraine as its government confronts a massive Russian invasion, the Pentagon said on Friday, adding it was determining the best way to deliver that support.

Reuters

US military spending could rise in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, boosting Pentagon suppliers

The invasion of Ukraine launched by Russia’s Vladimir Putin could re-order U.S. military spending and ripple across Connecticut’s extensive network of Pentagon suppliers.

Tribune News Service

Russian threat is forcing a rewrite of US defense plans - Roll Call

U.S. defense planners and lawmakers are readjusting their plans and budgets after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Roll Call

Amid Ukraine crisis, US Defense Secy speaks with 15 NATO ally, European counterparts

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with fifteen of his NATO ally and European counterparts regarding Russia's military operations in Ukraine, Pentagon informed on Friday.

Dynamite News

Pentagon orders 7,000 more troops to Europe

WASHINGTON: As Russian forces head toward Kyiv with what the Pentagon described as an apparent aim of "decapitating" the Ukrainian government, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered an additional 7,000 troops to Europe with the Continent facing the biggest land war since World War II.

Bangkok Post

U.S. eyes training Ukrainian troops remotely

The Pentagon is contemplating the next phase of the conflict.

Axios

Pentagon believes Russia intends to install own government in Ukraine, senior official says

WASHINGTON — A senior defense official told reporters that the Pentagon view is that Russia intends to “decapitate” the government of Ukraine and install its own.

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Axios

Russia seeking to "decapitate" Ukraine's government, Pentagon warns

The Kremlin intends to install pro-Russia leaders, a senior official warned.

ABC News

Russia's military is poised around Ukraine. Here's where the troops are

Vladimir Putin has authorised Russian troops to carry out a "special military operation" in Ukraine's Donbas region. US Pentagon press secretary says Russian forces are "ready to go".

The Independent UK

Pentagon worries its weak ‘Nintendo generation’ breaks too easily to withstand war

Department of Defence wants less Super Mario and more Call of Duty among its ranks

Axios

Pentagon approves National Guard deployment ahead of potential D.C. trucker protest

Following in the footsteps of truckers at the U.S.-Canada border, separate convoys may arrive in D.C. next week.

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The Guardian - UK

Covid live: Poland, Slovakia and Iceland latest countries set to end most coronavirus restrictions — as it happened

Move comes as case numbers and deaths continue to fall in many nations

The Independent UK

Pentagon expected to OK National Guard for DC truck convoys

A U.S. official says the Pentagon is likely to approve 700 to 800 unarmed National Guard troops in response to requests for assistance by the District of Columbia and the U.S. Capitol Police ahead of planned truck convoys

Reuters

Pentagon chief calls on Putin to avoid full-blown "war of choice"

Russian President Vladimir Putin can still avoid a full-blown war of choice, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday at the start of talks at the Pentagon with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

Salon

What we haven't learned from endless war

Two decades of war in Iraq and Afghanistan had little effect on daily life in America. That tells us way too much

Tribune News Service

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Minimum wage hikes will dent Pentagon budget

Tribune News Service

Minimum wage hikes will dent Pentagon budget

WASHINGTON — New federal rules issued by President Joe Biden requiring that federal employees and government contractors must earn at least $15 an hour could cost the Defense Department $880 million a year, according to estimates from the Pentagon and congressional budget experts.

Roll Call

Minimum wage hikes will dent Pentagon budget - Roll Call

A new minimum wage for Defense Department civilians and contractors will cost the Pentagon close to $1 billion.

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