TUESDAY PDB – Major dam destroyed in Southern Ukraine. Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka dam Tuesday, producing massive flooding that could threaten hundreds of thousands of residents as well as a nearby nuclear plant, Europe’s largest.
The dam’s destruction has already unleashed flooding across the war zone in southern Ukraine, sparking evacuations and triggering warnings of an “ecological disaster.”
The dramatic incident could have far-reaching consequences on the battlefield and beyond.
At least one town next to the dam was already completely flooded and officials are concerned about drinking water supplies throughout the region.
The dam breach comes after Kyiv’s forces appeared to launch a new series of attacks across the front lines in the south and the east, fueling speculation that their long-awaited counteroffensive may have begun.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here’s a roundup of today’s other top defense stories from national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President’s Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL’S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
79th D-DAY ANNIVERSARY
World War II veterans return to Utah Beach to mark D-Day anniversary. Dozens of World War II veterans have traveled to Normandy this week to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day.
Let’s debunk the 3 biggest myths of D-Day. Today we are breaking down fact from fiction, myth from verity.
POLITICS
SPOT ON! – NEED MORE DEFENSE BUT ALSO MUST END WASTE AND CONTRACTOR PROFITEERING – McCarthy shoots down idea of Pentagon supplemental. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) shot down the idea of an immediate bump in Pentagon spending, saying we should instead be creating efficiencies — and savings — from the massive Defense Department budget.
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
LONG OVERDUE! – Milley says canceling drag show on military base was ‘absolute right thing to do.‘ Gen. Mark Milley, the nation’s highest ranking military officer, defended the Pentagon’s decision to cancel a drag show on a U.S. Air Force base.
JUST LEAVE IT THE HELL ALONE! – Army wants Confederate names gone from National Ranger Memorial. But more than 100 retired U.S. Army Rangers sent a letter to Congressional leaders to “strenuously object to the defacement and desecration of the National Ranger Memorial.”
HOMELAND SECURITY
Pilot of unresponsive private jet that crashed and killed 4 was seen slumped over, source says. The private jet was intercepted by supersonic military fighter jets protecting Washington, DC.
CHINA THREAT
US releases video showing close call with Chinese destroyer. The video showed what the Pentagon called an “unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
Russia claims Ukraine is attacking; Kyiv calls that disinformation. Officials claimed that Ukrainian forces were trying to punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day Monday.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 468. Russia claimed its forces thwarted a “large-scale” offensive in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, killing 250 soldiers and destroying tanks and armoured vehicles.
Wagner mercenaries capture Russian brigade commander. Wagner vs. Russian army.
IRAN THREAT
US Navy says Iran boats ‘harassed’ ship in Strait of Hormuz. The guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul and the Royal Navy’s frigate HMS Lancaster responded to the incident.
DOUBTFUL – Iran claims to have created hypersonic missile. State TV says Fattah missile has range of up to 870 miles and can bypass any regional missile defense system.
NORTH KOREA THREAT
South Korea, Japan bank on improved ties to counter North Korea. The two defense ministers have agreed that improving ties will be key to countering nuclear-armed North Korea, during a regional security summit in Singapore.
SPACE THREAT
REALLY? – Pentagon is experimenting on UFO parts from crashed alien aircraft to make weapons. The US has a trove of parts and equipment from ‘non-human origin’ UFOs which have crash landed on earth, a whistleblower claims.
AFRL research at Wright-Patterson helps brace NASA Artemis astronauts for impact. When US astronauts next go to the moon in their newest space capsule, it will be with the help of the Air Force Research Laboratory.
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
In first, B-1 bombers join largest Nordic air exercise. A pair of B-1 Lancers flew over the North Sea on June 5, joining an expansive aerial exercise in the Nordic region.
US commander describes attack on troops in Kosovo by Serb ‘agitators.’ The American commander of a Kosovo Force contingent, said the situation in his sector was calm but fragile Monday, a week after his soldiers were attacked by Serbs angry about the outcome of local elections.
Britain, Germany give update on future Indo-Pacific naval deployments. The two defense ministers pledged to keep up their respective military presence in the Indo-Pacific region, while also outlining their plans for military deployments, at a regional security summit in Singapore.
In Congo’s forests, Islamic State money makes an insurgency more lethal. An insurgent group founded in Uganda but now based in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has grown increasingly deadly after the Islamic State cash infusion.
US MILITARY
New tech, new units, more amphibs: Marine’s latest Force Design update readies for life after Berger. The Marine Corps’ top requirements officer predicted Force Design 2030 would only be accelerated if Gen. Eric Smith is confirmed as the new top Marine.
Marine Corps pushes ‘dramatic change’ for its reconnaissance forces. Its Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle is undergoing testing, cementing a previously debatable requirement that officials now believe will be critical in Europe, the Middle East and Africa — though too heavy for the Pacific.
END of PDB
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This is why even if the climate warming wasn’t a scam, you have russia and china showing the rest of the world a big FY
CCP destroys hundreds of square miles of pristine coral reefs in the West Philippines Sea every year in order to make military bases on top of them, and no one cares in the MSM.
We all should be less excited about a river being returned to its original course than about the destruction of the reefs, particularly because the MSM is telling us to be concerned about this dam in the Kherson region. Isn’t the lake a barrier to the Ukraine ground forces anyway? Why would the Russians remove the barrier?
Clearly the Russians have nothing to gain with the destruction of the dam.
Actually they do. If for no other, reason than it was a part of Ukraine infrastructure. and as such is a ligitimate target.
Nope. Nice try but Russia didn’t blow up the dam. NATO did. Russia had absolutely nothing to gain and everything to lose by blowing up that dam.
Ukraine destroyed the Russian-built dam, releasing flood waters which then destroyed parts of Russian-occupied Crimea.
See 1950s movie Dam Busters from WW2 raid then on Nazi dams
No surprise here, other than it took Russia so long to do it. It’s a war folks. Things like this are part of the game. Dams, and Pipelines are legitimate targets inn that “Sport”. It’s a “Ruthless Sport”, and lots a people get hurt, on both sides,unfortunately.
“Russia Destroys Ukrainian Dam …”
Absolutely do NOT believe that propaganda.