Daily on Defense: Ukraine’s Western allies confer as counteroffensive struggles to gain ground against formidable Russian defenses
Ukraine’s top general overseeing the offensive in the east in and around Bakhmut admitted as much in an interview with the BBC. “We'd like to get very fast results, but in reality it's practically impossible,” Ukrainian Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi said, citing the extensive minefields and defensive barriers faced by his troops. “Our advances are really not going as fast as we would like,” he said. “Our people wait for victories. They need small victories.
The strike came after Russian President Vladimir Putin received a sober assessment of the damage to the Kerch Bridge, which was hit by sea drones just before dawn yesterday. And yesterday, Biden spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and extended an invitation for him to visit the U.S. before the end of the year.
“No one has the right to destroy the food security of any nation,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video address. “If a bunch of people somewhere in the Kremlin think that they supposedly have the right to decide whether food will be on the table in different countries: Egypt or Sudan, Yemen or Bangladesh, China or India, [Turkey] or Indonesia, then the world has an opportunity to show that blackmail is not allowed to anyone.
“Basically, you're suggesting that we should just try to run a blockade — an effective military blockade in the Black Sea because that's what's happening here,” replied Kirby. “That's not an option that's being actively pursued.”IT’S NOT JUST THE GENERALS: Blinken opened his press briefing yesterday with a broadcast aimed at Sen. Rand Paul , whose hold on ambassadorial nominations is having a similar effect as Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s hold on military nominations.
“By the end of the summer, we expect Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon will all be without confirmed U.S. ambassadors,” Blinken said. “Eight nominees are awaiting confirmation for posts in African countries. And it's not just the Middle East and Africa where we've got this problem: Ambassadorships are open in Asia, in Europe, in Latin America, as nominees await confirmation.
9 a.m. 201 Waterfront St., National Harbor, Maryland — National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program 30th Anniversary Conference with Romanian Chief of Defense Gen. Daniel Petrescu; Navy Vice Adm. Stephen"Web" Koehler, director for strategy, plans and policy at the Joint Staff; Madeline Mortelmans, principal deputy assistant defense secretary for strategy, plans and capabilities; Army Maj. Gen.
11 a.m. — SETA Foundation at Washington D.C. virtual discussion:"July 15 Coup Attempt's Impact on Turkish Foreign Policy,” with Michael Reynolds, associate professor of Near Eastern studies at Princeton University; Rich Outzen, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council in Turkey; Kilic Kanat, SETA research director; and Kadir Ustun, SETA executive director https://setadc.
1 p.m. G-50 Dirksen — Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe hearing:"Russia's Alpine Assets: Money Laundering and Sanctions Evasion in Switzerland," with Bill Browder, head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign; Drew Sullivan, co-founder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project; and Olena Tregub, secretary general of the Independent Defense Anti-Corruption Committee https://www.youtube.
7 p.m. Aspen, Colorado — Aspen Security Forum Fireside Chat with Adm. John Aquilino, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command; and Courtney Kube, NBC Pentagon correspondent https://aspeninstitute.wufoo.com/forms8:55 a.m. 400 Courthouse Sq., Alexandria, Virginia — Institute for Defense and Government Advancement Veterans Affairs Healthcare Summit with Angela Billups, executive director of the Veterans Affairs Office of Acquisition and Logistics https://www.idga.
9 a.m. 2118 Rayburn — House Armed Services Cyber, Information Technology, and Innovation Subcommittee hearing:"Man and Machine: Artificial Intelligence on the Battlefield,” with testimony from Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI; Klon Kitchen, nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute; and Haniyeh Mahmoudian, global AI ethicist for DataRobot https://armedservices.house.
11 a.m. Aspen, Colorado — Aspen Security Forum Fireside Chat with Gen. James Dickinson, commander, U.S. Space Command; and David Ignatius, columnist, Washington Post https://aspeninstitute.wufoo.com/forms
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