A &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; segment broadcast on Sunday caused an uproar after the show reported that American taxpayers are &#8220;subsidizing&#8221; Ukraine&#8217;s economy and paying for all of Ukraine&#8217;s first responders.
The news comes as a recent Fox News <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/08/Fox_August-11-14-2023_Complete_Cross-Tabs_August-17-Release.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> found that 56% of Republicans say the U.S. should be sending less support to Ukraine. A recent CNN poll <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/04/politics/cnn-poll-ukraine/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that 55% of Americans say Congress should not authorize additional funding to support Ukraine.
&#8220;American taxpayers are financing more than just weapons. We discovered the U.S. government&#8217;s buying seeds and fertilizer for Ukrainian farmers… and covering the salaries of Ukraine&#8217;s first responders – all 57,000 of them,&#8221; the CBS News show reported. &#8220;That includes the team that trains this rescue dog – named Joy – to comb through the wreckage of Russian strikes looking for survivors.&#8221;
&#8220;And the U.S. also funds the divers who we saw clearing unexploded ammunition from the country&#8217;s rivers – to make them safe again for swimming and fishing,&#8221; the segment continued. &#8220;Russia&#8217;s invasion shrank Ukraine&#8217;s economy by about a third. We were surprised to find that to keep it afloat the U.S. government is subsidizing small businesses.&#8221;
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60 Minutes discovered the U.S. is financing more than weapons in Ukraine. The government is buying seeds/fertilizer for farmers, paying the salaries of 57,000 first responders and subsidizing small businesses. <a href="https://t.co/vKWwWDqUwM">https://t.co/vKWwWDqUwM</a> <a href="https://t.co/BxXItNgQce">pic.twitter.com/BxXItNgQce</a>
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Former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell responded to the video: &#8220;Billions for Ukrainian farmers, first responders and Ukrainian entrepreneurs?! Why? The U.S. should be doing the tough work of peacemaking. We need aggressive diplomats if you want to avoid war. Where is the draft peace plan?&#8221;
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&#8220;Such things shouldn’t need to be discovered by media outlets,&#8221; said Fox News contributor Guy Benson. &#8220;If this is what we are subsidizing, make a fully transparent case for it.&#8221;
Fox News co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy added: &#8220;As American farmers, ranchers &amp; small businesses suffer from Biden’s climate/energy policies &amp; basic city services are strained &amp; cut because of his open border policies, Joe Biden is subsidizing THIS!!??!! Don’t tell me Biden isn’t compromised.&#8221;

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Former U.N. Ambassador <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nikki-haley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nikki Haley</a> took a shot at her former boss on Friday, former President Donald Trump, calling him &#8220;weak in the knees&#8221; for not wanting to do more to support Ukraine and calling him &#8220;thin-skinned and easily distracted.&#8221;
&#8220;He was the right president at the right time,&#8221; Haley told an audience at the Portsmouth Rotary Club Meeting. &#8220;He broke things that needed to be broken. He listened and brought in a group of people who felt unheard. He was strong on foreign policy and getting America respected in the world.&#8221;
The former South Carolina governor then pivoted to attacking Trump.
&#8220;He was thin-skinned and easily distracted,&#8221; Haley said. &#8220;He didn’t do anything on fiscal policy and really spent a lot of money, and we are all paying the price for it. He did a better job than Biden on the border. He used to be good on foreign policy and now he has started to walk it back and get weak in the knees when it comes to Ukraine.&#8221;
A Fox News <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/08/Fox_August-11-14-2023_Complete_Cross-Tabs_August-17-Release.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> from last month found that 56% of Republicans say the U.S. should be sending less support to Ukraine. A CNN poll also from last month <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/04/politics/cnn-poll-ukraine/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that 55% of Americans say Congress should not authorize additional funding to support Ukraine.
The Trump Campaign fired back at Haley, telling The Daily Wire: &#8220;It’s silly that anyone who is polling as low as left-leaning corporate media should be lecturing anyone about leadership.&#8221;
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&#8220;There’s only one person who can end the killing and bring peace — President Trump,&#8221; said Trump Campaign Spokesman Steven Cheung. &#8220;America isn’t going to listen to anyone who wants more war, more bloodshed, and more innocent people being killed.&#8221;

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Nikki Haley Takes Shot At Trump: ‘Weak In The Knees When It Comes To Ukraine’

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Kentucky Republican Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rand-paul" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rand Paul</a> said he would move to hold up any spending bill providing more money to Ukraine as the deadline for Congress to fund the federal government approaches.
Paul, a frequent critic of foreign aid, announced on Wednesday that he would not allow an expedited funding bill that includes financial support for Ukraine to make it quickly through the Senate. 
“Today I&#8217;m putting congressional leadership &amp; [Joe Biden] on notice that I will oppose any effort to hold the federal government hostage for Ukraine funding. I will not consent to expedited passage of any spending measure that provides any more US aid to Ukraine,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1704485590085812595" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
In an <a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-federal-government-should-not-be-held-hostage-for-ukraine-funding/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed published</a> on Wednesday, Paul said he had concerns over what approving more aid would do to the national debt and voiced skepticism about U.S. strategy and interests in Ukraine. 
“When will the aid requests end? When will the war end? Can someone explain what victory in Ukraine looks like? President Biden certainly can’t. His administration has failed to articulate a clear strategy or objective in this war, and Ukraine’s long-awaited counter-offensive has failed to make meaningful gains in the east,” he wrote. 
Paul has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-cannot-save-ukraine-by-dooming-the-u-s-economy-rand-paul-blocks-immediate-vote-on-billion-dollar-ukraine-package" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously held up</a> Ukraine aid, saying there should be more oversight for the billions of dollars in humanitarian and military support being sent over. 
On Thursday, a group of other Republicans, led by Ohio Senator J.D. Vance and Texas Rep. Chip Roy, sent a letter to Shalanda Young, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, <a href="https://www.vance.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-vance-colleagues-reject-indefinite-war-in-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that they, too, would oppose further aid to Ukraine. The nearly 30 Republicans, including Paul, say they plan to vote against the additional $24 billion requested by Biden for Ukraine. 
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“The American people deserve to know what their money has gone to. How is the counteroffensive going? Are the Ukrainians any closer to victory than they were 6 months ago? What is our strategy, and what is the president’s exit plan? What does the administration define as victory in Ukraine?” the letter said. “It would be an absurd abdication of congressional responsibility to grant this request without knowing the answers to these questions.”
The Republican opposition comes as Ukrainian President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/volodymyr-zelensky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Volodymyr Zelensky</a> lobbies Capitol Hill for more support. His request appears to be favored by Senate leadership, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), but it could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-denies-zelensky-opportunity-to-address-joint-session-of-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">face more headwinds</a> in the House.

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House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kevin-mccarthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin McCarthy</a> (R-CA) said on Thursday he denied Ukrainian President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/volodymyr-zelensky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Volodymyr Zelensky</a>&#8216;s request to deliver an address to a joint session of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a>.
&#8220;Zelensky asked for a joint session. We just didn&#8217;t have time. He&#8217;s already given a joint session,&#8221; McCarthy said, <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/09/21/zelensky-washington-dc-biden-mccarthy-congress?utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Axios</a>.
Zelensky, who last delivered a joint address <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?525000-102/members-congress-gather-joint-address-ukrainian-president-zelensky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in December</a>, is back in Washington, D.C., to muster support for more U.S. aid for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine</a>&#8216;s fight against Russian invaders. The visit is part of Zelensky&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/zelensky-lectures-the-world-about-climate-change-tries-new-tactic-for-increased-aid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">latest appeal to the international community,</a> which included a speech to the United Nations earlier this week.
President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> has <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/10/politics/ukraine-funding-supplemental-joe-biden/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> Congress for roughly $24 billion in additional military and humanitarian assistance tied to the Ukraine conflict on top of the roughly $113 billion previously allocated.
Some Republicans in the House and Senate <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1/status/1704836926212022346" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are opposing</a> the president&#8217;s request, demanding answers on the money being spent and progress in the war.
At the moment, McCarthy is contending with a group of GOP defectors in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-fails-to-pass-defense-spending-bill-after-mccarthy-delays-short-term-funding-vote" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spending fight</a> that could lead to a government shutdown if a deal cannot be reached by the end of the month. He also announced last week an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-oversight-schedules-first-biden-impeachment-hearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">impeachment inquiry</a> into President Joe Biden.
Though he denied Zelensky a larger forum, McCarthy did meet privately with the Ukrainian leader on Thursday with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and other top members of the House. They even posed for photos.
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Even though Kevin McCarthy avoided a public entrance to the meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, he took photos with Zelensky in the room, per source: <a href="https://t.co/Tl8LvWWQJ0">pic.twitter.com/Tl8LvWWQJ0</a>
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Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1704869595759194588" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that McCarthy said Zelensky answered many of his questions during the meeting, but the speaker remained noncommittal about the aid package sought by the Biden administration.
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Zelensky also participated in a closed-door meeting with senators at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday and delivered brief remarks while <a href="https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1704878561012613293" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flanked</a> by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
McConnell <a href="https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/remarks/president-bidens-hesitation-hinders-support-for-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">delivered</a> remarks on Wednesday criticizing Biden for his &#8220;passive, indecisive leadership&#8221; on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine-russia-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine-Russia conflict</a>. The minority leader also declared that he &#8220;would continue to make the case, myself, for sustained support of the Ukrainian cause – not out of charity, but out of primary focus on America’s interests.&#8221;
Biden is expected to meet with Zelensky later in the day on Thursday.

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Ukrainian officials suspended trans-identifying American junior sergeant Sarah Ashton-Cirillo from duties as a military spokesperson for the Eastern European nation after Ashton-Cirillo said critics of U.S. involvement in Ukraine&#8217;s ongoing war with Russia would be &#8220;hunted down.&#8221;
&#8220;Sarah Ashton-Cirillo has been suspended from the duties of the spokesperson of the (territorial defense forces of Ukraine) while an investigation is underway,&#8221; Ukraine&#8217;s defense ministry said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/defenceu/status/1704525773279773076?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X-post</a> on Wednesday.
Ashton-Cirillo, a 46-year-old biological male from Nevada who <a href="https://humanevents.com/2023/09/20/breaking-ukrainian-mod-announces-sarah-ashton-cirillo-has-been-suspended-placed-under-investigation?utm_campaign=64483" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> went by Mike before identifying as a female, became an official spokesperson for Ukraine after volunteering for Ukraine&#8217;s Territorial Defense Service.
In a video posted on X on September 13, Ashton-Cirillo said, &#8220;Russia hates the truth, that their obsessive focus on a Ukrainian volunteer is simply allowing the light of the Ukrainian nation&#8217;s honesty to shine brightly.&#8221;
&#8220;Next week, the teeth of the Russian devils will gnash ever harder, and their rabid mouths will foam in uncontrollable frenzy as the world will see a favorite Kremlin propagandist pay for their crimes,&#8221; Ashton-Cirillo said. &#8220;And this puppet of Putin is only the first Russia&#8217;s war criminal propagandists will all be hunted down, and justice will be served as we in Ukraine are led on this mission by faith in God, liberty, and complete liberation.&#8221;
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A transgender former US soldier who goes by Sarah Ashton-Cirillo recently moved to Ukraine to become the English-speaking spokesman for the Ukrainian military.
Ashton-Cirillo is now taking to social media threatening to hunt down and kill those who criticize the country’s… <a href="https://t.co/X4F8VcL1RG">pic.twitter.com/X4F8VcL1RG</a>
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It&#8217;s unclear who Ashton-Cirillo referenced as the &#8220;puppet of Putin&#8221; in the video.
Ukraine Territorial Defense Forces officials said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/TDF_UA/status/1704513695508774938" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X-post</a> on Wednesday that its command or the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not approve the comments made by Ashton-Cirillo.
&#8220;When conducting military operations against the aggressor, the defense forces of Ukraine strictly observe the norms of international humanitarian law,&#8221; the post said. &#8220;The command of the TDF will conduct an official investigation into the circumstances of these statements. Appropriate decisions would be taken. Sergeant Sarah Ashton-Cirillo will be suspended immediately pending the investigation.&#8221;
Ohio Senator JD Vance, a Republican, sent a <a href="https://www.vance.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9.15.2023-Sarah-Ashton-Cirillo-Letter.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on September 15, raising concerns over the conduct of Ashton-Cirillo.
“I worry American resources could be supporting violence or the threat of violence against people for speaking their mind,&#8221; Vance’s letter reads, in part. &#8220;Notably, any critic of America’s incoherent policy in Ukraine has been slandered as propagandists, including multiple presidential candidates and American journalists. While we can debate the merits of these accusations, engaging in protected speech should not invite threats of violence—otherwise, the First Amendment means nothing.”
Ashton-Cirillo originally traveled to Ukraine to write about the refugee crisis — before becoming a war correspondent in March and enlisting as a combat medic.
Last year, Las Vegas city officials and Nevada Democrats, including U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Rep. Dina Titus, and former Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, gave recognition to the suspended spokesperson for working on the frontlines in Ukraine.
&#8220;The reasons I&#8217;m fighting along with every other soldier are the reasons that the people in the United States and elsewhere can enjoy the lives they have here,&#8221; Ashton-Cirillo <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80HO17KKnQ8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> local media.
Members of Congress also reportedly asked the trans-identifying correspondent to give a military uniform to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/volodymyr-zelensky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Volodymyr Zelensky</a> must have an inkling that his unlimited check could soon be running out because the Ukrainian president is trying out a new sales pitch to world leaders: We need to defeat Russia, or evil dictators will &#8220;weaponize&#8221; the damaging effects of climate change.
Zelensky made his case in the form of a lecture on Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly.
“Even though humanity is failing on its climate policy objectives, this means that extreme weather will still impact normal global life and some evil state will also weaponize its outcomes,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And when people in the streets of New York and other cities of the world went out on climate protest — we all have seen them — and when people in Morocco and Libya, and other countries die as a result of natural disasters, and when islands and countries disappear underwater, and when tornadoes and deserts are spreading into — into new territories, and when all of this is happening, one, a natural disaster in Moscow, decided to launch a big war and killed tens of thousands of people. We have to stop it.&#8221;
So it seems Zelensky is implying that Russian President Vladimir Putin took advantage of climate change — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/global-warming-is-out-global-boiling-is-in-united-nations-secretary-general-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">global boiling as the U.N. calls it</a> — to attack Ukraine.
&#8220;We must act, united to defeat the aggressor and focus all our capabilities and energy on addressing these challenges,&#8221; he added. &#8220;As nukes are restrained, likewise, the aggressor must be restrained at all his tools and methods of the war.&#8221;
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Zelensky must have heard President Joe Biden&#8217;s climate czar John Kerry preach last spring that &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/at-davos-john-kerry-praises-select-group-of-people-for-saving-the-planet-but-says-they-need-money-money-money" target="_blank" rel="noopener">money, money, money</a>&#8221; is what makes green energy move. It&#8217;s smart financially for Zelensky to signal that he&#8217;s down with the cause.
If he wants the free world to continue sending him billions of dollars to defeat Russia, he knows he has to express certain 21st-century doctrines of the West — such as believing in climate change.
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Now, Zelensky is heading to Washington, D.C., where he&#8217;ll request $24 billion from the U.S. Congress. He won&#8217;t have to work that hard for the money in D.C. The Uniparty is all on in Ukraine still.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 19, 2023.

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A Russian pilot deliberately tried to shoot down a British Royal Air Force spy plane in 2022, according to a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66798508" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the BBC.
On September 29, a Russian SU-27 fighter jet deliberately fired two missiles at an RAF surveillance plane carrying 30 crew members &#8212; both of which never hit, according to the report. The update contradicts the previous explanation in which Russia brushed off the incident as a “technical malfunction” &#8212; an official narrative that the British Ministry of Defense went along with at the time.
The British plane &#8212; a Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint &#8212; encountered two Russian SU-27 fighter jets while flying a surveillance mission in international airspace over the Black Sea. The RAF plane was able to intercept communications from the Russians, in which they reportedly discovered one of the pilots had believed he was given the all-clear from the station on the ground to take the British plane down.
The BBC report cited a Western source saying the ground station’s message was essentially &#8220;you have the target,” prompting the pilot to take that as an all-clear to fire &#8212; which he did. The pilot successfully launched an air-to-air missile, but it failed to lock on target, the report notes &#8212; not a “technical malfunction,” but a miss. He released a second missile, which fell from the wing likely as a result of a malfunction or aborted launch, the outlet notes.
The other Russian pilot did not interpret the message that same way and reportedly swore and argued with the other pilot after releasing the first missile. The British Ministry of Defense is not releasing the details of intercepted communications, the BBC reports.
The Russian government claimed the near-miss was due to a “technical malfunction,” and the narrative was at least publicly accepted by the British, roughly three weeks after the fact. &#8220;We do not consider this incident to constitute a deliberate escalation on the part of the Russians, and our analysis concurs that it was due to a malfunction,” then-Minister of Defense Ben Wallace said in a letter to Parliament, calling the incident a &#8220;potentially dangerous engagement.”
Jack Teixeira, the alleged Pentagon leaker, reportedly <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/09/leaked-documents-surveillance-plane-rivet-joint/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leaked</a> a document in April that called the incident a “near-shoot down of UK RJ.” Two U.S. officials <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/world/europe/russian-jet-british-spy-plane.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The New York Times at the time that the incident was more serious than the public had been led to believe, with one of them calling it “really, really scary.”
“A significant proportion of the content of these reports is untrue, manipulated, or both,” a British official told the Times in April regarding the leaked document. “We strongly caution against anybody taking the veracity of these claims at face value and would also advise them to take time to question the source and purpose of such leaks.”
According to the British outlet, there are a few reasons why the British government would want to keep the details of the close encounter secret. For one, they note that they likely wouldn’t want to reveal the extent of its intelligence-gathering capabilities, including intercepting communications. Or, the outlet speculates, Britain &#8212; a NATO member &#8212; simply wanted to avoid a major escalation.
A spokesperson for the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense told the BBC its goal has “always been to protect the safety of our operations, avoid unnecessary escalation and inform the public and international community.&#8221;
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Today, British fighter jets armed with air-to-air missiles escort the surveillance flights over the Black Sea.
In March, a Russian fighter jet forced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russia-honors-pilots-who-harassed-collided-with-u-s-drone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">down</a> a $32 million U.S. MQ-9 Reaper spy drone after dumping fuel on it and colliding with its propeller. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milly said at the time, “Incidents happen,” adding that the U.S. does “not seek armed conflict with Russia and I believe at this point we should investigate this incident and move on from there.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/communist-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russia</a> are prepared to launch destructive cyber attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure to &#8220;sow chaos and hinder military mobilization&#8221; in the event of war breaking out, according to a new Pentagon cyber strategy released on Tuesday.
&#8220;The United States is challenged by malicious cyber actors who seek to exploit our technological vulnerabilities and undermine our military&#8217;s competitive edge,&#8221; the <a href="https://media.defense.gov/2023/Sep/12/2003299076/-1/-1/1/2023_DOD_Cyber_Strategy_Summary.PDF" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2023 Department of Defense Cyber Strategy</a> introduction reads. &#8220;They target our critical infrastructure and endanger the American people. Defending against and defeating these cyber threats is a Department of Defense imperative.&#8221;
While China poses a more serious and long-term threat, Pentagon officials are more immediately concerned with Russia.
Eastern Europe saw such attacks amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, where Russian military and intelligence units used a range of cyber attacks to disrupt Ukrainian military logistics, sabotage civilian infrastructure, and erode political will, the report reads.
POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/11/russias-cyberattacks-aim-to-terrorize-ukrainians-00077561" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> earlier this year that Russia launched 300 attacks against Ukraine&#8217;s security and defense sector, another 400 on various organizations ranging from commercial and financial to telecommunications and software, and 500 other attacks against government groups.
Although the efforts from Russian forces yielded limited results, the Pentagon report reads, it could make the U.S. and allied partners vulnerable to similar cyber attacks if Russia faces &#8220;a moment of crisis.&#8221;
DefenseNews <a href="https://www.defensenews.com/cyber/2023/09/12/china-russia-will-use-cyber-to-sow-chaos-if-war-starts-pentagon-says/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=tw_at" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that both countries have an arsenal of serious cyber threats toward national security. But a 2021 International Institute for Strategic Studies report placed China and Russia behind the U.S. in its cyber powerhouse rankings.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy Mieke Eoyang <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3523824/pentagon-press-secretary-brigadier-general-pat-ryder-and-deputy-assistant-secre/#:~:text=First%2C%20it%20identifies%20the%20People's,that%20Russia%20poses%20in%20cyberspace." target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters that authorities identify China as the department&#8217;s &#8220;pacing challenge in the cyber domain and recognizes the significant threat that Russia poses in cyberspace,&#8221; but continues to monitor recent activities in Ukraine.
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&#8220;I think prior to this conflict, there was a sense that cyber would have a much more decisive impact in warfare than what we experienced,&#8221; she said. &#8220;What this conflict has shown us is the importance of integrated cyber capabilities in and alongside other warfighting capabilities. And that is consistent with the approach in the [National Defense Strategy] on integrated deterrence and is an important lesson for us to think about &#8212; that cyber is a capability that is best used in concert with those others and may be of limited utility when used all by itself.&#8221;
The Chinese Communist Party sees superiority in cyberspace as core to its theories of victory, the report reads, adding that it has engaged in espionage and theft that compromised key defense networks and broader U.S. critical infrastructure.
In July, the Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-hackers-spied-on-state-department-13a09f03" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and senior officials at the State Department were victims of a Chinese hacking campaign that gained access to email accounts from roughly two dozen organizations that began on May 15 and went undetected until June 16.
During a conference in National Harbor in Maryland on September 11, retired Air Force brigadier general and former federal chief information security officer Gregory Touhill reportedly said that cyber and critical infrastructure issues everywhere — domestic and abroad — remain at the front and center of the minds of key senior leaders.
&#8220;We continue to see critical infrastructure as a target for cyber-enabled attacks, including things like denial-of-service, malicious software, ransomware, theft of intellectual property,&#8221; Touhill said. &#8220;We&#8217;re very concerned about that.&#8221;

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Author Walter Isaacson corrected a media narrative that exploded late last week after an excerpt of his forthcoming book &#8220;Elon Musk&#8221; mischaracterized events that surrounded SpaceX CEO Elon Musk&#8217;s donation of Starlink’s satellite communications to the Ukrainian military.
The Washington Post published an excerpt from the book that claimed that Musk personally shut down Ukraine&#8217;s Starlink from working in order to stop a major attack that the country was planning against the Russian Navy.
Mediaite <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/print/walter-isaacson-corrects-reporting-on-elon-musk-cutting-ukrainian-militarys-access-to-starlink/">highlighted</a> an excerpt from The Washington Post&#8217;s original article, which has now been corrected:
<blockquote>Throughout the evening and into the night, he personally took charge of the situation. Allowing the use of Starlink for the attack, he concluded, could be a disaster for the world. So he secretly told his engineers to turn off coverage within 100 kilometers of the Crimean coast. As a result, when the Ukrainian drone subs got near the Russian fleet in Sevastopol, they lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly.
When the Ukrainian military noticed that Starlink was disabled in and around Crimea, Musk got frantic calls and texts asking him to turn the coverage back on. Fedorov, the deputy prime minister who had originally enlisted his help, secretly shared with him the details of how the drone subs were crucial to their fight for freedom. “We made the sea drones ourselves, they can destroy any cruiser or submarine,” he texted using an encrypted app. “I did not share this information with anyone. I just want you — the person who is changing the world through technology — to know this.”</blockquote>
The excerpt spawned intense attacks in the media against Musk over the weekend and a correction was later issued in The Washington Post and by Isaacson on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter that Musk purchased last year.
&#8220;After publication of this adaptation, the author learned that his book mischaracterized the attempted attack by Ukrainian drones on the Russian fleet in Crimea,&#8221; The Washington Post&#8217;s correction said. &#8220;Musk had already disabled (&#8216;geofenced&#8217;) coverage within 100 km of the Crimean coast before the attack began, and when the Ukrainians discovered this, they asked him to activate the coverage, and he refused. This version reflects that change.&#8221;
Isaacson wrote on X: &#8220;To clarify on the Starlink issue: the Ukrainians THOUGHT coverage was enabled all the way to Crimea, but it was not. They asked Musk to enable it for their drone sub attack on the Russian fleet. Musk did not enable it, because he thought, probably correctly, that would cause a major war.&#8221;
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To clarify on the Starlink issue: the Ukrainians THOUGHT coverage was enabled all the way to Crimea, but it was not. They asked Musk to enable it for their drone sub attack on the Russian fleet. Musk did not enable it, because he thought, probably correctly, that would cause a…
&mdash; Walter Isaacson (@WalterIsaacson) <a href="https://twitter.com/WalterIsaacson/status/1700342242290901361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In a subsequent post, Isaacson admitted that he &#8220;mistakenly thought the policy to not allow Starlink to be used for an attack on Crimea had been first decided on the night of the Ukrainian attempted sneak attack that night.&#8221;
&#8220;He now says that the policy had been implemented earlier, but the Ukrainians did not know it, and that night he simply reaffirmed the policy,&#8221; he added.
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Hi, Tim. Based on my conversations with Musk, I mistakenly thought the policy to not allow Starlink to be used for an attack on Crimea had been first decided on the night of the Ukrainian attempted sneak attack that night.  He now says that the policy had been implemented…
&mdash; Walter Isaacson (@WalterIsaacson) <a href="https://twitter.com/WalterIsaacson/status/1700522506363248665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Romanian officials said on Wednesday that a potential Russian drone landed on its territory during a Russian attack on Ukraine Sunday. 
Angel Tîlvăr, the Defense Minister of Romania – a NATO member – said that debris from a possible Russian killer drone was discovered on its territory close to the Danube River in Tulcea county, which is on the east side of the country bordering Ukraine, POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-confirms-russia-drone-debris-fell-on-its-territory-ukraine-war/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The announcement comes two days after the country “categorically” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nato-member-romania-categorically-denies-ukraines-report-of-russian-drones-detonating-on-the-territory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> Ukraine’s claims that a Russian drone had detonated “on the territory” of the country. 
“We covered a very large area, including the area about which there were discussions in the public space and I confirm that pieces were found that could be a drone,” Tîlvăr said in a <a href="https://www.antena3.ro/actualitate/bucati-drona-ruseasca-teritoriul-romaniei-ministrul-apararii-confirmat-685109.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> to Antenna 3 CNN. 
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/06/romania-drone-russia-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that if the drone is in fact a Russian drone, it would constitute a “serious violation of the sovereignty and territory of Romania, a NATO ally.” Iohannis said that an investigation into the incident is underway. 
The defense minister added that the piece didn’t pose a threat to Romania. It’s not entirely clear when the suspected drone may have landed on Romanian territory, but on Sunday night, Russia <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nato-member-romania-categorically-denies-ukraines-report-of-russian-drones-detonating-on-the-territory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">carried out</a> a “massive” attack against Ukrainian port infrastructure in Izmail, on the Danube River. The drone debris was discovered in Plauru, Romania – a small village across the river from Izmail, according to a Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/06/romania-drone-russia-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a>. 
Officials from the NATO country did not ever insinuate the drone may have been part of an intentional attack, the Post report adds. Under Article 5 of NATO’s founding treaty, all member states “agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.” Romania joined NATO in 2004. 
“Since last year, in response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, NATO has significantly increased its presence in the Black Sea region,” NATO spokesman Dylan White <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/06/romania-drone-russia-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> regarding the news. “We continue to monitor the situation closely, and we remain in close contact with our Ally Romania.”
On Monday, Ukraine’s foreign ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russian-drones-detonated-romanian-territory-during-danube-strike-2023-09-04/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> “Russian ‘Shakheds’ fell and detonated on the territory of Romania,” a claim that Bucharest initially <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nato-member-romania-categorically-denies-ukraines-report-of-russian-drones-detonating-on-the-territory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a>. Romania had <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/06/romania-drone-russia-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> been searching the area for debris for “a few days,” according to Defense Ministry spokesman Constantin Spanu. 
According to the Post, Spanu said that it was still too early to comment on any possibility of invoking Article 4 of NATO’s founding treaty, which allows member states to “bring an issue to the attention of the North Atlantic Council … and discuss it with Allies,” as the NATO <a href="https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_49187.htm#:~:text=Under%20Article%204%20of%20NATO's,has%20been%20invoked%20seven%20times." target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> states. If invoked, there’s a possibility of “some form of joint decision or action” from NATO. 
Article 4 has only been invoked seven times, including once after Russia invaded Ukraine last year by Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia to hold meetings to discuss the escalation in the region
Russia invaded Ukraine last February, and the war has dragged on with no end in sight. Last week, Ukrainian generals said they had breached Russia’s first line of defense near Zaporizhzhi, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/02/everything-is-ahead-of-us-ukraine-breaks-russias-first-line-of-defence-in-stronghold" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Guardian. However, the prime minister of Hungary — a NATO member — Viktor Orbán, said in an <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/hungarian-pm-viktor-orban-donald-trump-ukraine-victory-over-russia-lie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Tucker Carlson last week that the notion Ukraine could win the war “is not just a misunderstanding. It is a lie. It’s impossible.”
In November of last year, a missile struck Poland, killing two people. Initial reports suggested the missile was fired by Russia, sparking serious concerns about what reaction NATO may have had. It was later <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/poland-nato-say-missile-strike-that-killed-2-wasnt-a-russian-attack" target="_blank" rel="noopener">determined</a> that the missile likely came from Ukrainian air defenses &#8212; not from Russia.
Ukraine has relied on the West for supplies, weapons, and other support throughout the war. The Biden administration has continued to send aid to the country, despite a CNN <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/most-americans-oppose-more-funding-for-ukraine-in-war-with-russia-cnn-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> released last month showing a majority of Americans oppose additional funding.

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The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it would supply Ukraine with depleted uranium tank rounds for the first time in its ongoing war with Russia.
&#8220;The United States will continue to work with its Allies and partners to provide Ukraine with capabilities to meet its immediate battlefield needs and longer-term security assistance requirement,&#8221; a <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3516840/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news release</a> from the Department of Defense said.
According to Reuters, the decision <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us-send-its-first-depleted-uranium-rounds-ukraine-sources-2023-09-01/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> comes after weeks of internal debate about sending the controversial &#8220;armor-piercing&#8221; munitions that can be fired from U.S. Abrams tanks. 
Scott Boston, a defense analyst at the Rand Corporation and former Army artillery officer, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-set-to-approve-depleted-uranium-tank-rounds-for-ukraine-f6d98dcf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Wall Street Journal the projectile&#8217;s impact is similar to &#8220;a freight train.&#8221;
&#8220;It is very long and very dense,&#8221; Boston said. &#8220;So it puts a great deal of kinetic energy on a specific point on an enemy armor array.&#8221;
Boston said that although tank-on-tank fighting has not been common during the war, the U.S. would &#8220;like the Ukrainians to win at it&#8221; to the extent that it does happen.
The Biden administration previously said it would send cluster munitions to Ukraine despite the danger it poses to civilians. Britain reportedly first sent <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/what-are-depleted-uranium-weapons-what-are-risks-2023-03-23/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">depleted uranium munitions</a> to Ukraine, but the U.S. has held off until now. 
The International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons has argued that ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust could lead to various cancers and birth defects, according to Reuters.
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However, studies by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations&#8217; nuclear watchdog, in Yugoslavia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Lebanon show &#8220;the existence of depleted uranium residues dispersed in the environment does not pose a radiological hazard to the population of the affected regions,&#8221; Reuters noted.
In addition to the anti-tank weapons, U.S. officials sent air defense equipment and other artillery munitions valued at up to $175 million in its forty-sixth tranche of equipment. Since the full-scale war erupted in February 2022, the U.S. has spent more than $43 billion on security assistance to meet Ukraine&#8217;s critical security and defense needs.
President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/10/biden-asks-more-money-ukraine-counteroffensive-sputters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> Congress last month to approve an additional $20.6 billion package to Ukraine for military aid and economic, humanitarian, and security assistance for other countries impacted by the war, according to The Washington Post. 
Secretary of State Antony Blinken made another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blinken-returns-to-ukraine-to-meet-with-zelensky-as-war-with-russia-drags-on" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surprise visit</a> to Ukraine on Wednesday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other officials.
&#8220;Returned to Kyiv today to meet with our Ukrainian partners to discuss their ongoing counteroffensive, future assistance and reconstruction efforts, and above all, to reinforce the unwavering U.S. commitment to Ukraine,&#8221; Blinken <a href="https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1699364627216310384" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in an X-post.
The visit comes as Zelensky replaced Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and President Joe Biden urged Congress to approve more American funding for Ukraine. Reznikov was removed amid allegations of corruption within the Ukrainian military, which has received billions of dollars in aid from the U.S. One recently released report from the Department of Defense showed that criminal gangs were likely taking military equipment and weapons from the front lines, some of which may have been sent by the U.S.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/06/mitch-mcconnell-ukraine-aid/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed</a> support for continued aid to Ukraine after some Republicans have shifted their position on sending aid. 
&#8220;Since Putin&#8217;s escalation in Ukraine, President Biden has not been as decisive as many of us would have preferred,&#8221; McConnell said in remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday, reported by The Washington Post. &#8220;But this is no excuse for Congress to compound his administration&#8217;s failures with failures of our own.&#8221;
The House Freedom Caucus has already announced that it will &#8220;oppose any blank check for Ukraine in any supplemental appropriations bill&#8221; as a battle over government funding looms before Congress. 
In the Senate, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has said she would oppose a move to separate federal funding for disaster relief at home from funding for Ukraine.
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.

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Secretary of State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/antony-blinken" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Antony Blinken</a> made another surprise visit to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine</a> on Wednesday to meet with Ukrainian President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/volodymyr-zelensky" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Volodymyr Zelensky</a> as the country&#8217;s war with Russia drags on. 
In addition to Zelensky, Blinken will meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kyiv. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller <a href="https://www.state.gov/secretary-blinkens-travel-to-ukraine/">said</a> that the purpose of the trip is to “demonstrate the United States’ unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, and democracy, especially in the face of Russia’s aggression.”
The visit comes as Zelensky <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/03/world/europe/zelensky-ukraine-defense-minister.html#:~:text=Mr.%20Zelensky%20said%20in%20a,of%20Ukraine%27s%20State%20Property%20Fund." target="_blank" rel="noopener">replaced</a> Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and President Joe Biden urged Congress to approve more American funding for Ukraine. Reznikov was removed amid allegations of corruption within the Ukrainian military, which has received billions of dollars in aid from the U.S. One <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-failed-to-track-all-military-aid-to-ukraine-as-criminal-gangs-stole-guns-ammo-from-frontlines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recently released report</a> from the Department of Defense showed that criminal gangs were likely taking military equipment and weapons from the front lines, some of which may have been sent by the U.S. 
“Returned to Kyiv today to meet with our Ukrainian partners to discuss their ongoing counteroffensive, future assistance and reconstruction efforts, and above all, to reinforce the unwavering U.S. commitment to Ukraine,” Blinken <a href="https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1699364627216310384?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to X. 
Blinken will discuss Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russia and Ukraine’s energy, security, and humanitarian needs, according to the State Department. He will <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/06/blinken-ukraine-kyiv-war-visits/#:~:text=The%20two%2Dday%20trip%20is,his%20sixth%20since%20taking%20office." target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> announce an additional $1 billion in American support to Ukraine. According to the Washington Post, Blinken has repeatedly worked to shoot down support for negotiated cease-fire agreements between Russia and Ukraine. 
“We want to make sure that Ukraine has what it needs, not only to succeed in the counteroffensive, but has what it needs for the long term, to make sure that it has a strong deterrent,” Blinken said on Wednesday.
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Biden’s request for another $24 billion in military and economic aid may face an uphill battle in the House of Representatives as some Republicans have voiced concerns over the amount of money already allocated to Ukraine and the spending’s impact on inflation and the national debt. 
The House Freedom Caucus has already <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4162189-freedom-caucus-policy-conditions-stopgap-government-funding-bill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that it will “oppose any blank check for Ukraine in any supplemental appropriations bill” as a battle over government funding looms before Congress. 
In the Senate, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) <a href="https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1697640789071855742" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has said</a> that she would oppose a move to separate federal funding for disaster relief at home from funding for Ukraine.

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