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Philip Breedlove

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They have occupied Ukraine and built a bubble [defense] in the Black Sea and now [we] see a defense bubble developing in northern Syria.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

I think that the alliance does need to be ready for the air defense mission, and of course we as military men and women are looking at that capability, air policing and air defense are meant for two different situations. The Baltic air policing is a peacetime mission.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 3 years ago World

I get a lot of questions from our European counterparts on our election process this time in general, and I think they see a very different sort of public discussion than they have in the past.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 3 years ago Top News

Russia is eager to exert unquestioned influence over its neighboring states.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 3 years ago Industrials

I believe that Russia will dial up and down the pressure along the line of contact to keep Kiev under pressure to meet their parts of the (Minsk) agreements first.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 3 years ago Industrials

We at NATO do not want to see a Cold War, we do not talk about it. It's not what we want to happen or anticipate to happen. ... We're a defensive alliance who are arraying ourselves to face a challenge ... [from] a nation that has once again decided it will use force to change internationally recognized borders and so we take those appropriate actions to be able to assure, defend and deter.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on CNN 3 years ago Top News

We are not exactly sure what it will take to work in the future.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 3 years ago Industrials

We should make any changes on our troop structure based on conditions on the ground, not on schedules, other nations are already ringing in that they are committed.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 3 years ago Top News

Several of our largest contributors have already communicated with us that they will remain in their current posture.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 3 years ago Top News

ANSF (Afghan National Security Forces) are preparing now to retake that part of the city and I have great confidence that they will do that.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago World

I don’t think Mr. Putin is done in eastern Ukraine.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Most Read Articles

This is not responsible language from a nuclear nation, rEACT RESPONSIBLY.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

This is a very fragile ceasefire and we need to return to a ceasefire situation, i think that what we see is a pattern that matches previous patterns during ceasefires... We see training, we see re-equipping, we see new forces, new money, organisation, increased command and control, all these things are in a pattern across the past several times where we have seen a push( offensive).

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

I do believe that those remarks were put out... to send a message... It was put out there to intend to give us pause in our decision-making.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

We do see a very distinct Russian set of command and control in the eastern part of Ukraine, command-and-control, air defense, support to artillery, all of these things increased ... making a more coherent, organized force out of the separatists.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

Many of their actions are consistent with preparations for another offensive.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

In the past they have not wasted their effort.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

What we do believe is that we should consider changing the decision calculus of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin. That's what we look at.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

But we really have no way of knowing one way or another.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

We need to first and foremost signal that we cannot accept this change and that, if this change is continued, that we will have to change the cost calculus for Russia in order to help them to find their way to a less bellicose position.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Latest Headlines

That exterior message has now obviously fallen apart and we see outright Russian involvement, air defense systems that have never really been used anywhere outside Russia until now are being used in that area.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

Literally now we see that Mr. Putin is all in, they will proceed until their objectives are accomplished.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

I've prepared my advice and passed it up through my chain of command and that is now in the process of being considered.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

What is clear is that right now it is not getting better, it is getting worse every day.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

We have seen a steady escalation.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

We have to be cognizant that if we arm the Ukrainians it could cause positive results, it could cause negative results, but what we're doing now is not changing the results on the ground.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

To the degree that we can supply help, I'm not sure that they could stop a Russian advance in Ukraine, even if we supply aid.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

Russia continues to build their forces, continues to provide capability to the eastern Ukrainians. So, the fact that we're not doing (that) now is not changing their path forward, so I think that we have to be cognizant that if we arm the Ukrainians, it could cause positive results. It could cause negative results. But what we're doing right now is not changing the results on the ground.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on FOX News 4 years ago U.S.

We should not expect that we would not have soldiers in harm's way and even soldiers that may be injured or lost, we have a non-combat mission in a combat zone and the war goes on.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on FOX News 4 years ago World

What we do see is that the Russian-backed forces have renewed capability now to bring pressure on the Ukrainian forces and have in several places moved the line of contact to the west and this is concerning, we are beginning to see the (heat) signatures of air defence systems and electronic warfare systems that have accompanied past Russian troop movements into Ukraine.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

The situation along the line of contact in Ukraine is not good. The fighting has intensified to essentially pre-agreement or pre-standdown levels and in some cases beyond.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

We are beginning to see the (heat) signatures of air defence systems and electronic warfare systems that have accompanied past Russian troop movements into Ukraine.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

We are going to re-establish that (communication), we have talked among several of us senior military leaders how we will do that ... but yes, we are going to re-establish communication with Valery (Gerasimov).

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials

The first series of changes will not be an increase in number but they will be to group them together ... to better prepare our forces and to allow nations to work together as a NATO force, but we are looking at increasing some exercises.

– Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Industrials