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Pentagon Spox: We Want Russia Unable To Threaten Neighbours Again

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Speaking to CNN, Pentagon spox John Kirby states, when asked about the state of the Russian military after two months of war, that "They are a weaker military, they are a weaker state right now. ... We want Russia not to be able to threaten their neighbors again in the future."

  • When asked whether Ukraine can 'win' the war, and what 'winning' would look like, Kirby states that "Winning is certainly in the cards...They have certainly defeated Mr Putin's strategic objectives thus far." Says that what winning looks like us up to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  • Kirby states that it is watching events in Moldova and the breakaway region of Transnistria closely, but that it is too soon to comment on the reported explosions in the Transnistrian capital Tiraspol.

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