John Kirby

The Pentagon has invited representatives of 40 allied countries to gather in Germany on Tuesday to discuss Ukraine's long-term security needs, BTA reported.

The Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told CNN: "We're not quite exactly sure what happened here. We do assess that there was an explosion, at least one explosion, on this cruiser - a fairly major one at that - that has caused extensive damage to the ship."
The sinking of the warship is a "big blow" to Russia's naval strength in the Black Sea, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.

The U.S. Defense Department said on Oct. 15 that it is committed to offering condolence payments to relatives of the 10 people who were killed in an errant U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August.

The U.S. is not ruling out terrorist involvement in the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Ankara, the State Department said on Dec.20. 

US Secretary of State John Kerry broke his leg in a bike accident in Geneva on Sunday. He hit a curb and was rushed to a Swiss hospital where it was confirmed that he fractured his right femur. As a result, he cut the rest of a four-nation trip that included an international conference on combating ISIS.