Pentagon Press Secretary Details Status Of Renewed Ukraine Aid And Intelligence Sharing

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During a Pentagon press briefing on Monday, Pentagon Press Secretary Sean Parnell was asked about intelligence sharing and military aid to Ukraine.

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00:00Oh, let's go to the phones.

00:02I'm getting a signal.

00:03We should go to the phones.

00:04Okay, let's, we got J.J. Green on the line from WTOP.

00:09Hey, Sean, thank you for doing this.

00:12A question about Ukraine.

00:15Can you assess how the U.S. military, assess the status of U.S. military aid to Ukraine

00:22and the intelligence sharing, how that's going since it was disrupted a few, maybe a week

00:28or so ago and then restarted?

00:32What's being shared?

00:33What's being given?

00:35What's happening with that?

00:36Well, I can tell you that U.S. military aid to Ukraine has been turned back on, as well

00:43as intelligence sharing with our Ukrainian partners.

00:47But I'll tell you this, the president has been very clear since his time on the campaign

00:52trail that his focus with the war in Ukraine is bringing about peace and putting a distinct

00:59focus on peace, and really to stop the dying.

01:04And so President Trump, along with his national security team, have been heavily involved

01:09in, along with Secretary Hagseth as well, heavily involved with Ukraine and Russia to

01:13try to broker that peace, understanding that there will likely be difficult conversations

01:19to be had on both sides when you're talking about, you know, the release of hostages,

01:24when you're talking about potential ceasefire agreements, when you're talking about territory.

01:30As someone who's negotiated with some tough people on the battlefield, I can tell you

01:34it's a tough, imperfect, nuanced, and complicated process.

01:38And President Trump and Secretary Hagseth certainly understand that, with on the forefront

01:42of their mind, peace as their first and foremost priority.

01:46General, do you have anything to add?

01:48No, I would just echo what you said, sir, which is, yeah, the status of U.S. military

01:51aid, it has been turned back on.

01:53We've got confirmed reports that it is continuing or is flowing back into Ukraine, and of course

01:59daily reports on the outcome of the intelligence sharing and those efforts.

02:02So all of that is as it was previously.

02:05So we've – I'm going to stick with the phones here just a second.

Pentagon Press Secretary Details Status Of Renewed Ukraine Aid And Intelligence Sharing

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