Daily on Defense: Ukraine appears to mount largest effort yet to break through Russian lines in south
“Ukraine has launched the main thrust of its counteroffensive, throwing in thousands of troops held in reserve, many of them Western-trained and equipped,” the New York Times said in a breathless report yesterday, quoting two unnamed Pentagon officials. “This is the big test,” said one senior official.”
The Washington Post reported the goal of the operation is to “reach the Sea of Azov, which would sever Moscow’s land bridge to occupied Crimea.” While Russia has lost at least 40 Ka-52s since the start of the war, it has recently fielded a new version of attack helicopters which have imposed a heavy cost on Ukraine, according to the U.K. intelligence report.
“Crimea, like the rest of Ukraine, will be free - free from all Russian evil, starting with Russian missiles and ending with every Russian occupier. Russia will lose this war, and no missile will save it,” he said.Good Thursday 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.
“So there's a good, productive relationship here,” Kirby said. “Italy has been a great partner on, providing both military and economic and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine.” “We're all taking this with the appropriate sense of urgency, and we want to get them trained as much as we can or as fast as we can”
In a statement issued by the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, a spokesperson said the task force does not have any “verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.”
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