Daily on Defense: Ukraine’s defense minister admits counteroffensive is behind schedule
REZNIKOV: ‘MISPERCEPTION COUNTEROFFENSIVE SHOULD BE QUICK’: As the Biden administration is poised to announce that another $400 million in ammunition and drones will be sent to Ukraine from U.S. stocks, Ukraine’s defense minister concedes Russia’s defensive lines are proving more formidable than he hoped.
ZAPORIZHZHIA PLANT MINED: Three weeks after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of planting “objects resembling explosives” on the roof of buildings at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors did find some mines, but not on the roof. UNESCO, the United Nations’s cultural agency, said the missile attacks damaged at least two dozen historic landmarks, including Odesa’s Transfiguration Cathedral founded in 1794. “Intentional destruction of cultural sites may amount to a war crime,” the agency said in a statement. “UNESCO is deeply dismayed and condemns in the strongest terms the brazen attack carried out by the Russian forces.”
That’s teeing up a showdown with the Senate, with less than a week to go before the scheduled August recess to pass appropriations bills before the end of September.DEMOCRATS: DO SOMETHING ABOUT TUBERVILLE: For Democrats frustrated with Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s stranglehold on more than 260 military promotions, it's come down to begging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to intervene.
The letter is signed by Sens. Mazie Hirono , Elizabeth Warren , Jacky Rosen , Richard Blumenthal , Tim Kaine , Angus King , Mark Kelly , and Tammy Duckworth . “I was encouraged by the moderate statement of the North Koreans. They acknowledged that King had crossed in an unauthorized way,” said Bill Richardson, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, who has negotiated the release of Americans held by North Korea in the past.
Air & Space Forces Magazine: Pentagon Leaders Emphasize ‘Responsible’ Options for Countering Space WeaponsTUESDAY | JULY 25 12:30 p.m. 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW — Wilson Center Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition discussion:"The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework," with Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/conversation-indo-pacific
10 a.m. 2141 Rayburn — House Judiciary Committee hearing:"Oversight of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,” with testimony from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings 11 a.m. 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW — Carnegie Endowment for International Peace discussion with the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureates From Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia: Oleksandra Matviichuk, director of the Center for Civil Liberties; Kanstantsin Staradubets, coordinator of the Viasna Human Rights Center; and Aleksandr Cherkasov, chairman of the Russian human rights center Memorial https://carnegieendowment.
2 p.m. 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW — Hudson Institute discussion:"Space and U.S. National Security," with Even Rogers, CEO of True Anomaly; retired Col. Dean Bellamy, executive vice president of national security space at Redwire; Jason Kim, senior policy analyst at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Arthur Herman, Hudson senior fellow; and Peter Huessy, Hudson senior fellow https://www.hudson.
10:30 a.m. 106 Dirksen — Senate Appropriations Committee markup of the"Defense Appropriations Act" https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings
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