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Defense Secretary Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Milley held a news conference following a Russian jet colliding with a U.S. drone over the Black Sea. “I just got off the phone with my Russian…

Defense Secretary Austin called a collision between a Russian jet and a U.S. drone a “hazardous episode” that was part of a pattern of behavior by Russian pilots over international air space. “So…

Defense Department Spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder briefed reporters at the Pentagon and responded to questions on several issues, including the war in Ukraine as it marks the one-year…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley stressed the United States' continued commitment to the defense of Ukraine as the one-year mark of the Russian invasion…

“We will not be drawn into Putin’s war of choice,” said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during a news conference at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels following a meeting of allies on the Ukraine-Russia war. He…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke about the war in Ukraine ahead of a NATO ministerial meeting.

“The members of this contact group are standing up for a world where rules matter…and were people can choose their own path, free from tyranny and aggression,” said Defense Secretary…

During virtual remarks with members of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Ukrainian President Zelensky urged allies to provide tanks to Kyiv, saying Ukraine is “grateful” for the support, but…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks with defense ministers from around the world, including Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base in…

Defense Department Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh briefed reporters at the Pentagon on several issues, including a Russian spy ship of the coast of Hawaii, as well as the next…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius spoke briefly with reporters prior to their meeting in Berlin. Secretary Austin thanked Germany for “all that it has done to…

Defense Department Spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder briefed reporters at the Pentagon ahead of the week’s Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. He…

Pentagon Spokesperson Brigadier General Patrick Ryder announced the U.S. would train 90-100 Ukrainian soldiers on the Patriot air defense system at Fort Sill Army base in Lawton, Oklahoma. The U.S. first…

“We have seen nothing that contradicts President Duda’s preliminary assessment, that this explosion was most likely the result of a Ukrainian air defense missile that unfortunately landed in Poland,” said Defense Secretary…

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made introductory remarks at a Ukraine Group virtual meeting at the Pentagon. This was the seventh such meeting of the group since the Russian invasion…

Defense Department Spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder said the Pentagon was “aware” of media reports of Russian missile strikes in Poland that killed two people, but that those reports could not…

Pentagon Spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder briefed reporters and responded to questions on a range of issues, including Russia’s war against Ukraine and the movement of Russian…

Deputy Defense Department Press Secretary Sabrina Singh briefed reporters at the Pentagon. She said that beginning in late December, 90 refurbished tanks from the Czech Republic would be sent to…

Defense Department Spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder briefed reporters at the Pentagon and responded to questions on a range of issues, including military exercises with South Korea and…

Defense Department Spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder briefed reporters at the Pentagon. He confirmed that the U.S. assessed that Iranians are on the ground in Ukraine assisting…