PUTIN WANTS A BIGGER ARMY: Pro-war milbloggers in Russia have been hinting that President Vladimir Putin might use a scheduled speech today marking the 80th anniversary of Soviet forces breaking the Nazi siege of Leningrad to announce a new round of military conscription and possibly a transition…
PUTIN WANTS A BIGGER ARMY: Pro-war milbloggers in Russia have been hinting that President Vladimir Putin might use a scheduled speech today marking the 80th anniversary of Soviet forces breaking the Nazi siege of Leningrad to announce a new round of military conscription and possibly a transition from a “special military operation” to full-scale conventional war in Ukraine — something his spokesman denies.
“We’re now in winter. There continues to be ferocious fighting, particularly along the eastern front. I anticipate that that will, unfortunately, go on for some time,” Blinken said. “But we are determined together, as well as with many others, to make sure, as I said, that the Ukrainians have what they need to recapture, regain what they’ve lost, and to deal with the Russian aggression. So that hasn’t changed."‘PROUD TO BE NO.
“We have decided to spend another $2.5 billion on helping the Ukraine war effort,” Rutte said. “If you compare this to the size of America, it would be over $50 billion — $50 billion.”Good Wednesday 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 Stacey Dec. Email here with tips, suggestions, calendar items, and anything else.
Germany has indicated that it wants the United States to provide main battle tanks first. “These are sovereign decisions for each country to make,” said Blinken, noting the Ramstein meeting at the end of the week will be deciding what military aid to send next. “I would expect further announcements to come out of that meeting … so stay tuned for more on that.”‘IT’S NOT ENOUGH’: Former Supreme NATO Commander retired Gen.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the top candidates are Air Force chief of staff Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, who would be the second black chairman; Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger, who reshaped the Marine Corps ditching its tank battalions; and Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, who heads both the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency.
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6:30 a.m. — Association of the U.S. Army “Coffee Series” in-person event with Army chief of staff Gen. James McConville. Register here: https://info.ausa.org 3 p.m. — Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law virtual event: “Secret War: Unauthorized Combat and Legal Loopholes,” with Katherine Yon Ebright, counsel, Brennan Center Liberty and National Security Program; Oona Hathaway, professor of law, Yale Law School; Wesley Morgan, journalist and author, The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan's Pech Valley; and moderator Elias Yousif, research analyst, conventional defense, Stimson Center https://www.eventbrite.
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