Monday, April 4, 2022

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 4, 2022

A serviceman uses his mobile phone to film a destroyed Russian tank and armored vehicles, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 2. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra  

CNN: Ukrainian presidential adviser calls for heavier weaponry as Russia shifts military focus  

(CNN)As the Russian military shifts its campaign to focus on the east and south of Ukraine, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak has called on the US and its allies to deliver heavier weaponry to the ex-Soviet nation. 

"After the rapid retreat of the Russians from Kyiv and Chernihiv, it is clear that Russia has prioritized another tactic -- to move east/south, to control large occupied territories (not only in Donetsk and Luhansk regions) and to gain a strong foothold there," Podolyak said on Saturday. 

"They have established in the east and south and are dictating harsh conditions," added Podolyak. "So we definitely can't do without heavy weapons if we want to unblock the east and Kherson and send [back] the Russians as far as possible."  

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- April 4, 2022  

US to send additional $300m worth of military aid to Ukraine -- Army Technology 

Soviet-Era T-72 Tanks To Be Transferred To Ukraine From NATO Countries: Reports -- Warzone/The Drive

Ukraine Aims High with Request for F-15 and F-16 Jets. Here's Why It Probably Won't Happen -- Military.com  

EXCLUSIVE: US KC-46 tankers operating on NATO’s eastern front -- Breaking Defense  

Secret intelligence has unusually public role in Ukraine war -- AP  

Top General Believes US Will 'Still Need More' Troops in Europe after Ukraine War -- Military.com  

Stoltenberg: Finland and Sweden will be 'very much welcomed' if they decide to join NATO -- CNN  

US Navy wants long-range missiles, more maintenance money in wish list -- Defense News  

Boeing Gears Up to Replace B-52 Engines -- National Defense  

Air Force seeks more than $5B to shore up outdated infrastructure -- Air Force Times 

 MQ-25 Drone Progressing Toward New Era of Naval Aviation -- National Defense  

Biden Says Nuclear Attack Submarine He Commissioned Will Enhance US Security -- AP  

US Navy reveals ships facing potential decommissioning next year -- Defense News  

Top Navy Admiral: Fleet Size Doesn’t Always Matter -- Defense One  

Navy and Marines Divided Over the Amphibious Fleet’s Future as Delays and Cancellations Mount in FY 2023 Budget Request -- USNI News  

Top Marine Defends Corps’ Lighter Direction -- Defense One  

How two dozen retired generals are trying to stop an overhaul of the Marines -- Politico  

The Pentagon is investigating extremism in the military. Here’s how bad the problem is -- FOX News  

Army suicides hit new post-9/11 peak in 2021 -- Army Times 

 Making satellite imagery actionable for warfighters -- Defense One  

Does war in Ukraine justify an even bigger U.S. military budget? -- Yahoo News  

New US Navy and Marine task force gives military a boost in the Mediterranean -- Stars and Stripes  

Why 40 African armies met at a Fort Benning summit — and why some didn’t -- Davis Winkie, Army Times  

Navy, Marines push ‘campaigning forward’ strategy as vital to deterring China -- Defense News  

China's Security Management Toward Central Asia -- Niva Yau Tsz Yan, FPRI 

China Says Military Development of Islands Within its Rights -- AP  

JUST IN: Singapore PM Sees a Militarized Indo-Pacific in Wake of Russian Aggression -- National Defense  

Norway boosts military spendings in the north -- The Barents Observer  

Neutrality With No Guarantees: The Evolution of Moldova’s Defense and Security Policies -- Dumitru Minzarari, Jamestown Foundation  

Fights For Illegal Fishing Lead To Armed Conflict, Death -- AP

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