REVENGE OR REVIVAL? Before an explosion rocked the Kerch Bridge between Russia and Crimea on Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin had already ordered punishing airstrikes against civilian infrastructure to rally support for his flagging war effort among disillusioned Russians.
On the same day the bridge was hit, Putin appointed a new overall commander of his army in Ukraine, Gen. Sergey Surovikin, notorious for his brutal tactics in Syria, which included targeting civilians, including hospitals.
“Surovikin’s appointment will not lead to further ‘Syrianization’ of Russian operations in Ukraine because the battlespace in Ukraine is fundamentally different from the battlespace in Syria, and direct comparisons to Surovikin’s Syrian ‘playbook’ obfuscate the fact that Russia faces very different challenges in Ukraine,” said the Institute for the Study of War in its latest analysis.
“Ukraine has the momentum and continues to make significant gains, while Russia is increasingly resorting to horrific and indiscriminate attacks on civilians and critical infrastructure,” said NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in his preview press conference. “President Putin is failing in Ukraine. His attempted annexations, partial mobilization, and reckless nuclear rhetoric represent the most significant escalation since the start of the war.
When Tapper asked if there’s an “off-ramp” for Putin to end the war, Biden replied: “I don't know what's in his mind. But clearly, he could leave. He could just flat leave and still probably hold his position together in Russia.” “I don't think he will. But I think it's irresponsible of him to talk about it, the idea that a world leader of one of the largest nuclear powers in the world says he may use a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine,” he said. “The whole point I was making was it could lead to just a horrible outcome — and not because anybody intends to turn it into a world war, or anything.
“I'm not going to get into what I'd consider and what I'm having in mind,” Biden replied. “But there will be consequences.”ALSO TODAY: Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Ro Khanna hold a 9:30 a.m. news conference on"bicameral legislation to stop U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia,” in the Senate Radio/TV Gallery.
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10 a.m. — Politico virtual discussion: “U.S., China and Xi Jinping's New Era," with Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Rick Larsen https://www.politico.com/live-events/2022 9 a.m. — Henry L. Stimson Center virtual discussion: “Afghanistan Under the Taliban and its Regional Impact," with Daniel Markey, senior adviser for South Asia at the U.S. Institute of Peace; Yun Sun, co-director of the Stimson East Asia Program; Elizabeth Threlkeld, director of the Stimson South Asia Program; and Barnett Rubin, fellow at the Stimson China Program https://www.stimson.
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