The Lookout (Twitter)
RT @ElenaChernenko: Moscow will not conduct nuclear tests if the United States refrains from such steps, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday. However, the infrastructure of the Novaya Zemlya test site, he added, "is in full readiness".
RT @ElenaChernenko: Moscow will not conduct nuclear tests if the United States refrains from such steps, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday. However, the infrastructure of the Novaya Zemlya test site, he added, "is in full readiness".
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The Lookout (Twitter)
The bulk carrier Ruby is now tracking SW and AIS destination says Marsaxlokk, Malta, and is still accompanied by the tug Amber II.
Not seen any statements yet but seems like the flag state may have stepped up, offering a solution.
This is an approx 2600nm journey.
The bulk carrier Ruby is now tracking SW and AIS destination says Marsaxlokk, Malta, and is still accompanied by the tug Amber II.
Not seen any statements yet but seems like the flag state may have stepped up, offering a solution.
This is an approx 2600nm journey.
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Dan (Twitter)
RT @kromark: 🧵/ link in the last post. With @Maja_Zivanovic & @MilosKatic, we spoke to a Serbian mercenary who fought for Russia in Ukraine from Nov '22 to June '23. He revealed poor training, tensions with Russian commanders, and shell companies behind recruiting Serbs for the war.
RT @kromark: 🧵/ link in the last post. With @Maja_Zivanovic & @MilosKatic, we spoke to a Serbian mercenary who fought for Russia in Ukraine from Nov '22 to June '23. He revealed poor training, tensions with Russian commanders, and shell companies behind recruiting Serbs for the war.
Dan (Twitter)
RT @kromark: Read the full story here (thank you @Andy_Heil for translating and editing it!).
RT @kromark: Read the full story here (thank you @Andy_Heil for translating and editing it!).
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Serbian Mercenary: Russia's War In Ukraine Built On Lies And Death
One former recruit's account of the secretive dealings that feed Moscow's war effort in Ukraine under the guise of "construction work." He was left bitter at the broken promises, haphazard training, and casual disregard for human life among Russian commanders…
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
In 1 week, at the end of Fiscal Year 2024, $5.925 billion in Presidential Drawdown Authority is set to expire. If this happens, it will cripple the US' ability to support Ukraine. We've seen this story before. Will Congress and the Biden Admin manage to avert disaster?
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In 1 week, at the end of Fiscal Year 2024, $5.925 billion in Presidential Drawdown Authority is set to expire. If this happens, it will cripple the US' ability to support Ukraine. We've seen this story before. Will Congress and the Biden Admin manage to avert disaster?
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
This is a summary of my latest piece for @InsiderEng, please do check it out. This thread will also include some additional details that have been learned since the column was posted.
2/20
This is a summary of my latest piece for @InsiderEng, please do check it out. This thread will also include some additional details that have been learned since the column was posted.
2/20
The Insider
Political will or death: White House hesitation costs Ukraine billions in military aid
CNN, citing two anonymous military sources, recently reported that the Pentagon had started providing Ukraine with smaller batches of military aid as its own stockpiles “have dwindled.” Meanwhile, nearly $6 billion allocated by Congress in spring 2024 to…
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
If you want additional context before proceeding, read my previous thread quoted below. I will have a second research thread on this topic coming in the future that will provide additional information and make corrections to this previous thread.
3/20 https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1777328492566471120#m
If you want additional context before proceeding, read my previous thread quoted below. I will have a second research thread on this topic coming in the future that will provide additional information and make corrections to this previous thread.
3/20 https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1777328492566471120#m
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
What is about to expire, is the Presidential Drawdown Authority approved by Congress for FY2024, pursuant to Section 506 of the Foreign Assistance Act. This is not money/funding/appropriations. It is authority to send defense articles to other countries from DoD stocks.
4/20
What is about to expire, is the Presidential Drawdown Authority approved by Congress for FY2024, pursuant to Section 506 of the Foreign Assistance Act. This is not money/funding/appropriations. It is authority to send defense articles to other countries from DoD stocks.
4/20
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
Once Fiscal Year 2025 begins there will still be funding available to the DoD to buy weapons for Ukraine and buy replacement weapons for itself, but they will have lost the authority to send nearly $6 billion worth of weapons from their stockpiles to Ukraine.
5/20
Once Fiscal Year 2025 begins there will still be funding available to the DoD to buy weapons for Ukraine and buy replacement weapons for itself, but they will have lost the authority to send nearly $6 billion worth of weapons from their stockpiles to Ukraine.
5/20
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
This has happened before. At the end of FY22, the Biden Admin allowed over $2 billion in PDA expire. That was ~25% of the total that had been approved in the May 2022 Additional Ukraine Supplemental Approps Act. Ukraine could have really used some extra ammo at that time.
6/20
This has happened before. At the end of FY22, the Biden Admin allowed over $2 billion in PDA expire. That was ~25% of the total that had been approved in the May 2022 Additional Ukraine Supplemental Approps Act. Ukraine could have really used some extra ammo at that time.
6/20
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
The current situation is even worse. A staggering 76% of the $7.8 billion in PDA approved by Congress in April (with the understanding that the Biden Admin would actually use it) will soon expire. This has been caused by them needlessly rationing the PDA beyond necessity.
7/20
The current situation is even worse. A staggering 76% of the $7.8 billion in PDA approved by Congress in April (with the understanding that the Biden Admin would actually use it) will soon expire. This has been caused by them needlessly rationing the PDA beyond necessity.
7/20
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
The newly directed drawdowns since April have averaged just $200 million each, whereas during Fiscal Year 2023 the figure was around $600 million. Ukraine’s needs today are certainly not three times less than they were a year ago — if anything, they have grown.
8/20
The newly directed drawdowns since April have averaged just $200 million each, whereas during Fiscal Year 2023 the figure was around $600 million. Ukraine’s needs today are certainly not three times less than they were a year ago — if anything, they have grown.
8/20
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
Since Congress has not yet passed appropriations for FY25, they will need to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to continue government spending into the next FY at current FY24 levels. The Biden Admin is asking for that CR to include an extension of the PDA into FY25.
9/20
Since Congress has not yet passed appropriations for FY25, they will need to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to continue government spending into the next FY at current FY24 levels. The Biden Admin is asking for that CR to include an extension of the PDA into FY25.
9/20
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
So far, Congress has not come to an agreement on passing a CR. The drafts proposed by the House have not even included the PDA extension. Betting on Congress legislating effectively is never wise, yet this is the Plan A the Biden Admin came up with as time was running out.
10/20
So far, Congress has not come to an agreement on passing a CR. The drafts proposed by the House have not even included the PDA extension. Betting on Congress legislating effectively is never wise, yet this is the Plan A the Biden Admin came up with as time was running out.
10/20
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
The latest reporting indicates that there will be a bipartisan CR agreement, but the Senate will need to amend the House's bill to include the Ukraine related provisions, which are still absent. If not, then they will need to go to Plan B, which should have been Plan A.
11/20
The latest reporting indicates that there will be a bipartisan CR agreement, but the Senate will need to amend the House's bill to include the Ukraine related provisions, which are still absent. If not, then they will need to go to Plan B, which should have been Plan A.
11/20
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (@ColbyBadhwar)
🇺🇸🇺🇦 No extension of Drawdown Authority and other Ukraine related authorities in the new draft CR. If the Senate doesn't amend this then the Biden Admin will have to go to plan B.
【QRT of Jordain Carney (@jordainc):】
'New: Johnson says House will take up…
【QRT of Jordain Carney (@jordainc):】
'New: Johnson says House will take up…