VLAD THE DESTROYER: As Ukraine’s counteroffensive continues to make inroads on both the northern and southern fronts, Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses Ukraine of “terrorist attacks,” and threatens to rain down more destruction on the long-suffering Ukrainian people.
In remarks at a news conference in Uzbekistan, where he was publicly chastised by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Putin brushed off criticism of the war and insisted that Russia is merely protecting itself against a campaign by the West to “create an anti-Russia enclave and rock the boat.”
Putin appeared to acknowledge what U.S. officials and Western experts have said, that Putin is hesitant to order a wider military mobilization and, in the face of a manpower shortage six months into the war, is increasingly relying on irregular volunteer and proxy forces. “I must emphasize that we are fighting not with a full army but only with part, with contracted forces,” he said. “Of course, this is linked with certain personnel parameters and so on.
“Russia’s continued lack of air superiority remains one of the most important factors underpinning the fragility of its operational design in Ukraine,” the ministry tweeted.Good Monday morning and welcome to Jamie McIntyre’s Daily on Defense, written and compiled by Washington Examiner National Security Senior Writer Jamie McIntyre and edited by Victor I. Nava. Email here with tips, suggestions, calendar items, and anything else. Sign up or read current and back issues at DailyonDefense.com.
President Joe Biden will speak to the assembly Wednesday and is certain to address Russia’s war in Ukraine, the discovery of 440 graves in recently-liberated Izyum, and other reports of Russian war crimes and atrocities. “It’s horrifying. It’s repugnant,” said NSC spokesman John Kirby Friday. “And sadly, it’s in keeping with the kind of depravity and the brutality with which Russian forces have been prosecuting this war against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.
Observing that as Ukraine succeeds on the battlefield Putin is becoming “embarrassed and pushed into a corner,” CBS correspondent Scott Pelley asked Biden what he would say to Putin if he is considering using chemical or tactical nuclear weapons. MORE AMBIGUITY ABOUT STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY: For at least the third time, Biden was asked if the U.S. would defend Taiwan if China attacks, and for the third time, Biden said yes, and for the third time, the White House walked back the president’s remarks, saying U.S. policy of “strategic ambiguity” — that the U.S. might or might not intervene — has not changed.“Yes,” Biden said twice, adding in one response, “If in fact there was an unprecedented attack.
In response to a question about whether he found a difference between dealing with the Biden administration compared to Trump’s time in office, Raisi told Stahl,"The new administration in the U.S., they claim that they are different from the Trump's administration. They have said it in their messages to us. But we haven’t witnessed any changes in reality."
“The arms sales gravely undermine China’s sovereignty and security interests, and severely harm China-US relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” said ministry spokesperson Mao Ning at a regular Friday briefing. A Raytheon spokesman declined to comment, according to Reuters, but reported that Boeing plans to “remarket some airplanes that it had earmarked for Chinese airlines as geopolitical tensions have delayed deliveries.
11 a.m. National Press Club — National Telecommunications and Information Administration Spectrum Policy Symposium, with Pentagon Chief Information Officer John Sherman https://ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2022/2022-ntia-spectrum-policy-symposium 9:30 a.m. 216 Hart — Senate Armed Services Committee hearing: “U.S. Nuclear Strategy and Policy,” with testimony from Madelyn Creedon, research professor, George Washington University; Rose Gottemoeller, Stanford University; Eric Edelman, counselor, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, director, U.S. Institute of Peace; and Franklin Miller, principal, The Scowcroft Group https://www.armed-services.senate.
1 p.m. — Henry L.
8:45 a.m. 1735 New York Ave. N.W. — Defense Strategies Institute 11th Military Tactical Communications Summit, with Deondray Wesley, branch head of Tactical and Public Safety Communications at DoD-CIO; Army CIO Raj Iyer; Army Maj. Gen. Christopher Eubank, commanding general at the Army Network Enterprise Technology Command; and Space Systems Command CIO Air Force Col. Albert Olagbemiro Note: Closed press. https://tacticalcommunications.dsigroup.
2 p.m. — House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing: Putin’s Proxies: Examining Russia’s Use of Private Military Companies,” with testimony from Kimberly Marten, professor, Political Science Department, Barnard College, Columbia University; Catrina Doxsee, associate director, Transnational Threats Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Joseph Siegle, director of research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University https://oversight.house.
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