BACK ON DEFENSE FOR NOW: Just days after crowing that the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was on the verge of falling, the head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group has appeared on a social media video complaining that a lack of ammunition has stalled an advance on the town, which is largely in…
BACK ON DEFENSE FOR NOW: Just days after crowing that the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was on the verge of falling, the head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group has appeared on a social media video complaining that a lack of ammunition has stalled an advance on the town, which is largely in ruins.
In his Sunday night video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the monthslong battle for Bakhmut “one of the toughest battles, painful and challenging” and singled out each unit fighting there in what he called “a special tribute to the bravery, strength, and invincibility of the warriors fighting in Donbas.”
“The Ukrainians hit back hard. And in this pocket of the front, near the destroyed town of Marinka in the Donetsk region, they have largely thwarted every Russian attempt to take new ground for a year.”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 Conrad Hoyt. Email here with tips, suggestions, calendar items, and anything else.
CHINA HIKES DEFENSE SPENDING 7.2%: At today’s meeting of China’s National People’s Congress in Beijing, China announced its economic goals for the year, which include a target of overall growth in the country's GDP of around 5% and a 7.2% increase in military spending. “That's why national security now includes telecommunications, satellites, artificial intelligence, quantum computing. Each of these domains, we've got to make the kind of investments to stay ahead,” said Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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12 p.m. — Government Executive Media Group virtual Emerging Technology and Modernization Summit, with Lisa Costa, chief technology and innovation officer for the U.S. Space Force https://emergingtechmodsummit.nextgov.com 10 a.m. 1957 E St. NW— George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs Korea Policy Forum on"South Korea's Nuclear Armament Debate" https://calendar.gwu.edu/event/korea_policy_forum
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