'It's difficult to look at some of the images and imagine that any well-thinking, serious, mature leader would do that.' Pentagon press sec. John Kirby gets emotional during remarks about Pres. Putin and images of war in Ukraine.
U.S. citizen Willy Joseph Cancel was killed in Ukraine while fighting alongside Ukrainian troops against invading Russian forces, his family confirmed to ABC News early Friday. The news was first reported by CNN.
"I did not expect to be a widow at 23 years old or for our son to be without a father," she said."All I want is for him to come home, and to give him the proper burial he deserves." White House press secretary Jen Psaki expressed her condolences to Cancel's family at Friday's briefing, saying he"certainly sounded like a very passionate young man."Psaki also urged Americans not to travel to Ukraine.
Kirby later apologized, saying,"I didn't mean to get emotional. I apologize for that. I don't want to make this about me. But I've been around the military a long, long time and I've known friends who didn't make it back. It's just hard." "These efforts build on the initial artillery training that Ukraine's forces have already received elsewhere, and also includes training on radar systems and armored vehicles that have been recently announced as part of security assistance packages," Kirby said.Share to TwitterPentagon press secretary John Kirby told CNN Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin"absolutely shouldn't be" at the G-20 summit, set for November in Bali.
At least one person -- a journalist -- was killed in a rocket attack on a residential building in Kyiv on Thursday evening, ABC News has learned.
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