Daily on Defense: Biden’s red line, Austin meets German defense minister, the Space Force revolt, and claims of a tragic mistake in death of airman
Too many civilians have been killed in Gaza “as a consequence” of U.S.-supplied bombs “and other ways in which they go after population centers,” Biden told CNN’s. “I have made it clear to Bibi and the war cabinet. They’re not going to get our support if, in fact, they’re going into these population centers.”
Burnett asked Biden if he hears the message of “young Americans” opposed to Israel’s war in Gaza, some of whom hold signs calling him “Genocide Joe.” “We would also like to see them do more precise operations,” Austin said. “We wanted to make sure that we saw a plan to move those civilians out of the battle space before executing any kind of ground combat operation.”
“An invasion of Rafah would leave untold death and destruction in its wake — including massive civilian casualties and devastating impacts on the delivery of humanitarian aid — while undermining efforts to release the hostages,” said in a statement of support for Biden’s red line. “Today’s commitment from the president makes clear that the United States will not be complicit in this suffering and follows through on his repeated warnings to the Netanyahu government.
“At one point, Russia had experienced significant losses because of the work that Ukraine and its forces was doing. They had inflicted significant casualties on the Russian forces, destroyed a significant amount of its equipment,” Austin said. Then, “we saw Russia engage North Korea, who provided quite a bit of munitions and missiles. The drones provided by Iran really kind of helped begin to turn the tide there for Russia a bit and allow them to kind of get back up on their feet.
The ISW said a “social media source tracking Russian military depots” reported that about half of the remaining artillery systems at this base are likely unusable due to degradation while in storage and because many of the remaining systems are World War II era artillery systems incompatible with modern ammunition.
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