Today’s D Brief: • Ukraine leak damage assessment • China rehearses attack on Taiwan • Navy’s SCS transit irks Beijing • Jon Stewart on DOD ‘corruption’; And a bit more. defenseone.com/threats/2023/…

❗️The Russians in #Bakhmut began to use the “Syrian” scorched earth tactics. The situation in the city is difficult, but it’s under control, Oleksandr #Syrskyi, the Commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said. 📷: Military Media Center

After 13 months of war and a bloody winter, Ukraine needs more soldiers — and fast. As Kyiv prepares for an imminent assault on Russian occupying forces, new rules have made it easier for officials to issue draft notices. wapo.st/3UkBkmL

How #Twitter supports Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine by promoting Putin’s disinformation & ignoring its rules on hateful conduct. Musk removed restrictions on Kremlin accounts, including Putin’s, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UK Embassy & now recommends them telegraph.co.uk/technology/2…

Webcam de #LaMolina – April 10, 2023 at 07:31AM

Today in 1865, Robert E Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox effectively ending the US Civil War. Grant orders his jubilant men not to cheer. “[The Rebels] were now our countrymen,” he recalls. “We did not want to exult over their downfall.”

‘The leaked conversation… appears to be all too similar to what can constantly be heard unofficially in Russian elite circles: that Putin has failed Russia.’ @Stanovaya for @CEIP_Politika. carnegieendowment.org/politi…

Key takeaways from major US intelligence leak trib.al/rPws7fD

President Biden on Monday said he was “planning on” seeking re-election in 2024 but was not ready to launch his campaign yet. nyti.ms/40W3qXN

Man, 36, murdered in execution-style shooting at Harlem smoke shop bit.ly/3mjJQ8S

NEW: ISW published a special edition campaign assessment Sunday, April 9. The report discusses Russia’s religious repressions throughout occupied #Ukraine since the start of the #Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Our latest: isw.pub/UkrWar040923

 

Russia’s unconventional operations in its war against Ukraine are essential to understanding its actions. The invasion was the culmination of a long unconventional campaign, and these operations have been critical to Russia’s successive theories of victory.rusi.org/explore-our-researc…

Could Dementia in the National Security Workforce Create a Security Threat? | RAND rand.org/pubs/perspectives/P…

⚡️Joe #Biden has decided to run for a second term, NBC News reported. 📷: AP

66-year-old woman robbed, dragged by female attacker on NYC bus trib.al/Lo3j9r2

OTD April 10, 1945 Franz von Papen arrested in Westphalia. Nazi high official, but best known as effective World War I spy and chief of sabotage operating in U.S. under cover of diplomat