‌The Lookout (Twitter)

Will be interesting to see what they do tonight:

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🇲🇱 | #Mali: Tuareg rebels released footage of a strike with munition dropped from a UAV on what was described as the command post of Russia's Wagner Group in the town of Léré, located near the border with Mauritania.

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‌The Lookout (Twitter)

Update 1:

‌The Lookout (Twitter)

Update 2:

Looks a lot like an anti-ship mission but too early for conclusions. Don't know if the missiles hit anything.

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

RT @FRHoffmann1: 📢 New Op-ed: How worried should we be about Putin’s nuclear threat?

I have written a short piece for @spectator, outlining the implications of Russia's announced nuclear doctrine change.

Key takeaways:

1. While formal policies, nuclear doctrines mainly serve signaling purposes; they are not ironclad laws of statecraft.

2. Putin's decision to order a nuclear strike hinges on whether the benefits outweigh the costs, not on Russia's nuclear doctrine.

3. Open-source data indicates that Russia is not currently preparing to use nuclear weapons.

4. Panic is unnecessary, and -- in any case -- we must not succumb to nuclear blackmail.

Here is the link to the full text: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-worried-should-we-be-about-putins-nuclear-threat/?_gl=1*1mxg6l6*_up*MQ..*_ga*NjUxMDc1Njk1LjE3MjczNjc4NjQ.*_ga_62MNNVRTT1*MTcyNzM2Nzg2My4xLjAuMTcyNzM2Nzg2My4wLjAuMA

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

🇺🇸🇺🇦 The Department of Defense has released the details of the $2.4 billion USAI package, which procures capabilities from industry:

▶️ Munitions and support for Ukrainian air defense systems;

▶️ Air-to-ground munitions;

▶️ Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and components to support Ukrainian production of UAS;

▶️ Counter-UAS equipment; Unmanned surface vessels;

▶️ Secure communications equipment;

▶️ Equipment and materiel to support Ukrainian munitions production; and

▶️ Spare parts, maintenance and sustainment support, and other ancillary equipment. https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1839316227891581411#m

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@EHunterChristie: It's money that was appropriated by Congress in April and is now being pledged for the procurement of the defense articles and services on the list.

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

🇺🇸🇺🇦 It's official, President Biden delegates Blinken the authority to direct a drawdown of the remaining $5.55 billion in PDA for FY24. I suspect the DoD will make announcements as they incrementally action the execute order, but time will tell how they manage this.

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@kyleben3020: Not in this USAI package. Yesterday's drawdown included some.

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@johnaquaspeed: Unclear whether new JSOWs will be put on contract, or something else.

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@centaurblossom: There was a drawdown yesterday. The remaining $5.55b they just announced will be delivered incrementally.

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@SirinOleg @EHunterChristie: I have written at length about the glacial pace of USAI contracting.

Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)

@DrBrainMD: It does not expire now that it has been notified to Congress. They are able to deliver the specified $5.55 billion worth of defense articles on whatever schedule they choose.

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RT @JenGriffinFNC: VP Harris standing with Zelensky at the White House: “However, in candor, I share with you, Mr. President. There are some in my country who would instead force Ukraine to give up large parts of its sovereign territory. Who would demand that Ukraine accept that neutrality and would require Ukraine to forego all security relationships with other nations. These proposals are the same of those of Putin. And let us be clear they are not proposals for peace. Instead, they are proposals for surrender, which is dangerous and unacceptable.”