National security adviser Jake Sullivan said an early morning Russian missile strike in western Ukraine just 11 miles from NATO territory “does not come as a surprise.”
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan listens during a virtual meeting in the Roosevelt Room on March 1. | Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty ImagesNational security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said an early morning Russian missile strike in western Ukraine just 11 miles from NATO territory “does not come as a surprise” but could present a turning point in the Kremlin’s strategy.
Sullivan said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans from the start involved attacks all over Ukraine. “This does not come as a surprise to the American intelligence and national security communities,” Sullivan said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “It’s very sad. People are very emotional about their homes being destroyed, leaving their loved ones behind, a lot of grandmothers with grandchildren. People are just distraught,” Portman said on CNN.“The message they’re giving us is loud and clear, if you can imagine, which is close the skies because the skies are where the bombs are coming, whether the missile attacks or airplane attacks or artillery,” Portman said.
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman outlined the goals of the United States to help Ukraine but remain removed from direct conflict with Russia. “That is why we’ve gone out so decisively at the United Nations Security Council and elsewhere to rob the Russians of the capacity to pin this on anyone other than themselves. And as the president said on Friday, if in fact the Russians do use chemical weapons in Ukraine, they will pay a severe price,” Sullivan said on CBS.
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