DAILY ON DEFENSE: • Sham votes set stage for illegal annexation • 'We will never recognize this' • Zelensky: Donbas is our No. 1 goal
“President Putin is scheduled to address both houses of the Russian parliament on Friday 30 September,” tweeted the British Defense Ministry. “There is a realistic possibility that Putin will use his address to formally announce the accession of the occupied regions of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.”
“We are prepared to impose additional swift and severe economic costs on Russia, along with our allies and partners, in response to these actions that we’re seeing currently if they move forward with annexation,” Jean-Pierre said at yesterday’s White House briefing. “We stand with our partners around the world in rejecting whatever fabricated outcomes Russia announces. And you will hear more from us in the coming days on this.”ZELENSKY: DONBAS IS OUR NO.
The Washington-based Institute for the Study of War is predicting“the forces generated by Putin's “partial” mobilization are “very unlikely to add substantially to the Russian military’s net combat power.” “This is going to be a storm like we have not seen in the past,” said Tampa Mayor Jane Castor on CNN. “We are looking at the possibility of having a 10-15-foot storm surge. And clearly that would be very devastating for our community.”
A procedural vote could come as early as today, but the continuing resolution, or CR, still faces some legislative hurdles, including disagreement over a provision that would fast-track energy projects, including a pipeline in West Virginia that is a top priority for Sen. Joe Manchin . Snowden still faces prosecution should he return to the U.S. for revealing highly classified surveillance programs that monitored communications data worldwide.
PUNISH is an acronym for Preventing Underhanded and Nefarious Iranian Supported Homicides, and the bill aims to “codify the Trump administration’s ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions” and prevent President Joe Biden from lifting sanctions unless the State Department can certify no assassination attempts or bounties are placed on current or former senior government officials for five years.
Washington Examiner: Former Capitol Police chief announces Jan. 6 book deal ahead of panel's next hearing 19fortyfive.com: Opinion: North Korea’s Missile Tests Are Part Of A Political Warfare And Blackmail Strategy8:30 a.m. 1201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia. — IDEEA 2022 Common Defense Summit on"Integrated Deterrence,” with Defense Undersecretary for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante; and Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall delivers remarks on"Forging Air Forces of the Future" https://ideea.
10 a.m. — Hudson Institute virtual discussion: “Gaining Decision Advantage: Modernizing Air Force Command and Control for Deterrence and Combat," with Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeffery Valenzia, cross-functional team lead for the Air Force Advanced Battle Management System; Bryan Clark, director of the Hudson Center for Defense Concepts and Technology; and Dan Patt, senior fellow at the Hudson Center for Defense Concepts and Technology https://www.hudson.
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9:30 a.m. — Center for European Policy Analysis virtual CEPA forum: “Meeting the Moment: Allies at a Crossroads,” with Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov; Wendy Sherman, U.S. deputy secretary of state; Slovak President Zuzana Caputova; Stefano Sannino, secretary-general, European External Action Service; Brian Nelson, Treasury Department undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence; Sens. Tammy Baldwin and Roger Wicker ; and others. Full agenda: https://cepa.
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