Biden administration sent weapons to Ukraine 'well before' invasion: Pentagon press secretary
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Pentagon press secretary John Kirby defended the Biden administration's track record on Ukraine Tuesday on "Your World."
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One, the Biden administration was flowing in weapons well before the invasion. The first billion dollars that the president committed to Ukraine did include lethal assistance. And that was before Putin decided to move in. Plus, we were very open and honest about what we were seeing the Russians do. And then the last point, which I don't think we keep in mind as much as we should, Neil, is the training and effort that went into getting the Ukrainians ready for this kind of war over the last eight years. The United States, Canada, Britain, other allies really helped train the Ukrainians in small unit leadership, command and control, operational maneuver.
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