mark milli today.we call on our journalists to be concise and ask questions according to the schedule congratulations to everyone, we have completed our 10th meeting of the contact group on the defense of ukraine of our work i want to say and when to say a few words about such an episode when two russians were destroyed at night a-a unprofessionally within the framework of international airspace over the black sea , as part of the usual operations carried out by the us drone, russian fighter jets struck and ultimately led to the sinking of the us drone, in fact, we now see that actually risky and dangerous actions on the part of russian pilots within the framework of international airspace, therefore i want to call on my russian visa officer mr. shoigu, i have already said that it is extremely important to have and be transparent in communication, the united states will continue to carry out its routine work within the framework of international airspace and accordingly we call for the russian fighter

army chiefs of staff chairman mark millie has no details yet.n other news , vladimir putin has accepted the resignation of chukotka governor roman kopin, who has held this post since 2008. recently, vladislav kuznetsov has been appointed acting head of the region. he worked as the first deputy chairman of the government of the lpr. about the new and about the head of the region as well. it is known that he is a graduate of the so-called school of governors management training program. the president. i talked with kuznetsov via video link. head of state noted his experience and successful work, both in business and in government, and also wished him good luck in his new position, the joint efforts of russia and syria have made it possible to achieve significant success in the fight against international terrorism, vladimir putin said during a meeting with basher al-assad . the syrian leader is now in moscow on an official visit for the first time in september. 2021. putin noted that russia and the arab republic have been in a close relationship i

to bring in something that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has, has said about that, mark milly. he said that he believes that this war will and at the negotiating table, with neither side likely to achieve their military aims. they got again, neither side likely. do you think that at some point ukraine will have to accept that as a reality sooner or later? i think it also depends so very much on our whether our partners have made up their mind that russia actually has to be defeated in this war. because we've seen the, the development of the narrative from russia cannot win in this war. ah, to, or your brain has to win in this war to russia has to be defeated, but not necessarily destroyed. so to say. and i think we are not still there with full understanding of what the goals of the, of the whole world are. and the, the fear that is still there are, some, are in some political levels from the russian federation being a nuclear power, i think, is also limiting the possibilities for the armed forces of ukraine to, to liberate our own territories. so i do know that every single w

nuclear program and we were all extremely worried when we read or listened to the statement of mark millithe chief of the american joint staff, who said that they have information that iran is pushing its nuclear in the program, but the american general staff is developing several lines of response, because it is about the possibility of direct intervention, and the corresponding lines developed by the american general staff are directed to the main, so to speak, bodies of the american government, the story is secret, but it is an extremely specific story. how do you evaluate this additional the factor is 5 yuan, because we understand very well that to such countries as nuclear countries like china, i also added india, well, which is not officially a member of the nuclear club or a permanent member of the council security but, nevertheless, it possesses nuclear weapons and for these countries, that is, the countries that used to be called the third world, for them , the actual use of nuclear weapons is a taboo , and that is why it was emphasized in the statement that you thought about fro

general mark milly said if the world wants peace, washington must remain at cedar. for the 1st time, the united states was facing 2 major nuclear powers, whose vital national security interests are in competition with united states. while the people's republic of china and russia have the means to threaten our interests in our way of life. but war with either is neither inevitable nor imminent. we must remain the most powerful nation. if the great par piece is to continue to hold. there is nothing more expensive than fighting a war. and preparing for war is also very expensive. but fighting a war is the most expensive, but preparing for war will deter that war. i encouraged the congress to support this budget. a speaking to r t, former virginia state senator for the republican party. dick black said global peace can only be achieved if washington abandons its aggressive rhetoric and actions towards masculine beijing. there has there been such bellicose language used by many leaders in the united states is very unfortunate. there's this insistence on maintaining a un

including chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark millie, who just last week made a public visit to northeast syria. he highlighted the importance of finishing the job against isis and emphasized if we ignore and turn our back, then we are setting the conditions for a resurgence. our presence also serves a critical advisory and assist role as the s.d.f. continues to administer isis detainee facilities, including those holding experienced, highly trained isis fighters as the united states along with our coalition partner work to safely and humanely repatriate them to their countries of origin. pulling the plug now on this important mission jeopardizes the important work and support role that we play. finally, while i share the co-sponsor of this legislation's passion for congress reclaiming its war powers, i do not think this concurrent resolution is the proper vehicle for doing so. last congress under my leadership as the house foreign affairs committee marked up repeals of three of the four existing aumf's that's on the books. the full house passed each of these measures a

s. joint chiefs of staff mark, milly travelled there to allegedly deep as walmack state terrorist and check and prevent the groups reemergence. however, washington previously claimed that isis has already been defeated. now, some american lawmakers are asking what exactly the country's military is still doing in syria legislation to end the u. s. presence there is set to be put to a vote this week in the u. s. congress, damascus. the ultimate goal of the u. s. military is to support radical islamist the u. s. chairman of the chief of staff made in the legal visit, turn the legal us military base in ne, syria, and claimed that the reason for this visit was to assess the effectiveness of the war against the islamic state. however, the international community knows very well that the islamic state is an illegitimate offspring of us intelligence. this comes as mainstream media and some western thing techs have started to question, humanitarian aid flow to syria, aimed at helping those affected by the earthquakes. they say that easing sanctions pressure on the country could play into the h

at the american military base in germany, which was recently visited by a general the american mark millisaid about coordination, i specifically said that no one tells ukrainians to do this or that - milli told journalists who also flew to germany that everything we we are doing it, we are creating a structure and mechanics, or the ukrainians could learn on their own. well, regarding the counteroffensive, it is now very often discussed in the information field so directly, massively, but when we talk to the soldiers, well, we understand that the counteroffensive is greater losses than the defense, are we ready for this is technically now and what should be the turning point, and not taras, let's hurry, well , we have already talked about the stage of technical training . that is, this is the training that our servicemen are undergoing with our western partners well, here we must understand that this is not only training that relates to the direct possession of western equipment, that is, we understand that in our counteroffensive operations, all of the new items in this list of military a

s. joint chiefs of staff mark millie, travel back to allegedly keep his lumnick said, terrorists and check and prevent the groups reemergence. however, washington previously claimed that i saw was already defeated. now, some american lawmakers are asking what exactly the country's military is still doing in syria legislation to end the u. s. presence that is set to be put to a vote this week in congress, damascus. they is the ultimate goal of the us military is to support radical islamists. the u. s. chairman of the chief of staff made an illegal visit to an illegal us military base in ne syria, and claimed that the reason for this visit was to assess the effectiveness of the war against the islamic state. however, the international community knows very well that the islamic state is an illegitimate offspring of us intelligence. there's tons of mainstream media from western thing. tongues of thought that the question the flow of humanitarian aid to syria and helping those affected by the quakes. they say that evening sanction pressure on the country could play into the hands of syria

statement we see them moving forward with their nuclear activities and so just this week, general mark milliethat iran is dangerous close to completing a nuclear bomb. all this, pete, is happening under joe biden's watch and what i would tell you is that joe biden's weakness has invited this aggression. this is the 78th time thereat irgc is carrying out these kinds of attacks against u.s. troops on syrian soil. pete: there's 78 attacks like this y under the trump administration or a signature of what they think they can get away with now? >> this is absolutely under joe biden's watch. they started in 2021 when he came into office and let's remember president trump eliminated iran's top terrorist soleimani. so under the trump administration we had regional super power status, global super power status, president trump let the world know that you can't mess with the united states of america and unfortunately joe biden is signaling only weakness and as a result we've had loss of u.s. american life. pete: absolutely and the u.s. troops that are here we're told there to fight isis. isis is no frie

earlier today with press secretary lloyd austin and mark milly it was milly who said there probably isn't all that much wreckage to recover. it was about 4,000 to 5,000 feet deep of water there. but the russians according to the u.s. officials were able to get to that site. earlier today a senior russian official promised that the russians would try to recover what they could from that drone and learn what's possible. milly had said the u.s. had taken steps to mitigate the collection of any sensitive data. we reported earlier today that before that drone, the u.s. drone that has crashed into the black sea, its operators were able to wipe the sensitive data, the sensitive software information used in intelligence collection from the drone. meaning that though there may be some wreckage there, the u.s. believes there isn't sensitive top secret data just sitting there on top of the black sea. meanwhile the pentagon promising it'll keep operating over international waters and giving the sense of how they view the russian actions here. >> i'll just reiterate that the united states will fly and

russians have reached the crash site and to what they'll actually find joint chiefs chairman general mark millyd likely not much. he said the m-q9 reaper probably broke up adding that what he called mitigating measures were taken to ensure sensitive intelligence would not fall into the wrong hands. meantime defense secretary lloyd austin said he spoke to his russian counterpart about the incident calling it a pattern of, quote, aggressive and risky and unsafe actions in international ars space. he also said american aircraft would continue to operate wherever international law allows. a kremlin spokesperson saying today relations between the two countries are at their, quote, lowest point. joining us now state department spokesperson ned price. ned, can you confirm the report late today the russians have reached the crash site of the drone in the black sea and went down attempting to retrieve it? >> anderson, i can't. i can't go beyond what you heard from senior defense officials earlier today. what i can tell you is that our own defense officials are studying the feasibility of a u.s. recovery

meanwhile chairman of the joint chief of staff mark milly said last month russia has already lost theenate hearing it's unlikely russia has the ability to make any territorial gains this year. joining us now pentagon reporter for politico. laura, thank you so much for being with us this morning. let's start with director burns' comments, his assessment. there does seem to be a belief on both sides of the atlantic that putin does think time is on his side, that ukrainians will simply run out of weapons and man power but also the alliance that supported him could fray. >> well, that's really interesting that you bring that up because what i've heard is that u.s. officials believe that ukraine is going to launch its own offensive in the next six to eight weeks. and the timing on this is really interesting because they are running out of weapons. they are running out of oair defenses. both sides are running out of ammunition, so the thinking is that this is going to have to happen quickly. and ukrainian military officials who were just recently in germany with american military generals w

honorable lloyd austin, secretary of defense, and the chairman of the joint chief of staff, general mark millie, and the secretary of defense, mike mccord who serves as dod's top financial officer. we will start with you. >> chairman rogers, ranking member smith, distinguished members of the committee, glad to be here to testify in support of the president's budget request. >> protesters take their signs down and removed from the room. the chair knows that the proceedings taking place, in order, i would like to request those in the audience causing this disruption cease their actions immediately. i want to advise the protesters, folks in the audience, if you do this again, we are going to recess and you're going to be removed. you are recognized. >> chairman rogers, ranking member smith covered distinguished members of the committee, to testify in support of the president's budget request in 2024. i am joined by general milley, grateful for his readership. i'm glad to be joined by the comptroller and cfo, mike mccord. a strategy driven budget, with the people's republic of china. $842 billion,

it is known that the chairman of the us chiefs of staff mark milli. e, requested a conversation with his colleague, general gerasimov, the head of our general scale. and this conversation also took place yesterday, but here the truth is special details. we don't know. well, just an hour ago , the pentagon released video footage. this very incident over the black sea between our su-27 and the mq9 ripper american drone means the pentagon is a video that, in fact, was called a russian attack. su- however frame. if you look at the whole thing, they say something completely different , you can see how the plane approaches the drone twice and apparently dumps fuel, but, but no attack is visible on the frames collision or critical encounter more than that after both of these incidents. the drone continues to stay in the air. even after the moment the camera turned off and turned back on. that's all, no, no, this is it, he's hung up. now now the camera will turn on for him, and he will continue his flight, that is , it is impossible to say that somehow he was

mark milli whom you showed in eyeliner. joint chiefs of staff nato countries said that the fate of the modern world decides today in ukraine, he is right. here i absolutely agree with him , but in another he was absolutely consciously deceitful when he said that the united states of america is helping ukraine, and certain rules protect the zelensky regime. he repeated this word several times , the rule, allegedly formed by the world community after the forty-fifth year, is lying like a gray scale. because all the whole world order that arose in the forty-fifth year has long been completely destroyed to the foundation, just by these people whose represent today mr. mili and this new world order, indeed, based on american rules. he began lining up on march 24, 1999. this is exactly 24 years ago from today, when the americans began to bomb, belgrade this was the beginning of the formation of that world. against which today russia is fighting right there in ukraine. because this world has become such that it became impossible t

ministry is maintaining international security and stability, but it is clear that after these words, mark milli'scompletely blown off. how concerned are you about russia's role in facilitating china's strategic nuclear breakthrough , and what do you recommend doing ? russia and china in this particular strategic environment that we're in. we're seeing them moving closer, i would n't call it a true full-fledged alliance in the true sense of the word, but we 're seeing them moving closer. and this causes problems. and then, if you add iran as a third country, then these three countries together will be problematic for many years. i think especially russia china because of their capabilities. yes, he is generally afraid of what it will be, we can’t even imagine. the germans are amazing people, just amazing, so you listen to the head of the bundestag. bar, bilbas favors the bundestag. this is how he now reads the history of the second world war. the uk played a key role in freeing europe from tyrannical nazism we are all deeply grateful for this we will also never forget that the uk was a place of re

crisis situations and the continuation of this conversation between the defense ministers . armies mark millithe offensive another platoon stronghold of the ukrainian formations liquidated the ivanovo paratroopers. with the support of t-80 tanks , find carefully camouflaged enemy positions. the calculations helped, the coordinates of the command were not transmitted to the drone, and it immediately sent an assault group. before the infantry enters, the enemy positions are attacked with equipment, using shells of various calibers. a hundred caliber, and excellent against enemy strongholds, and a large group of infantry is excellent. also on mp-2. uh, the opponents of kamaz took such cases, and thirty for a big defeat. that is, if you don’t break through, you will damage it, and that is, the car does not drive anymore all. according to their position of the enemy, tracking his movements and determining the exact coordinates for delivering air strikes. these are the tasks that aircraft manufacturers perform, being at the forefront in real time, quadcopter operators help russian helicopters to pe

including chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general mark millie, who just last week made a publico northeast syria. he highlighted the importance of finishing the job against isis and emphasized if we ignore and turn our back, then we are setting the conditions for a resurgence. our presence also serves a critical advisory and assist role as the s.d.f. continues to administer isis detainee facilities, including those holding experienced, highly trained isis fighters as theun r coalition partner work to safely and humanely repatriate them to their countries of origin. pulling the plug now on this important mission jeopardizes the important work and support role that we play. finally, while i share the co-sponsor of this legislation's passion for congress reclaiming its war powers, i do not think this concurrent resolution is the proper vehicle for doing so. last congress under my leadership as the house foreign affairs committee marked up repeals of three of the four existing aumf's that's on the books. the full house passed each of these measures as well. but unfortunately they la

kinds of weapons systems as well and so i guess now you've got you and before you -- general milly and secretary mark esper when he was secretary of the army you were talking about six major areas of modernization. and -- i want to invite you to maybe update us on one or two of them you talk long rage fire there's vertical lift there's the network. there's the soldier, air missile defense, i think i'm forgetting one. maybe it is mechanize vehicle and tanks out of that group of six, are there one or two that are showing the most promise that you're happiest about and one or two that are lagging? >> yeah i think, you know, we talk, you know, i talk 24 -- signature systems so there's six modernization priorities within that -- there's 34 kind of major systems coming to bare 24 of those systems are going to either be fielded and testing or in enhance of soldiers in 23 and so -- that is pretty quick because things five when you look at acquisition program a lot of times it attacks a long team to get things in plains i think it is because we're doing things differently we're moving away from spending years

general mark milley, said that there are about six thousand experienced fighters fighting in bakhmut and 20-30 thousand or of new recruits of the wagner group, including the recruited prisoners of milli, in a comment, sianen said that the wagnerites are already suffering large , very large losses, in particular, and because the ukrainians organized a very effective defense, how do ukrainian tanks work under bakhmut during the battles for the city, see the report further in bahamian direction, they supported our infantry, destroyed the infantry dugouts, we expect a very strong reinforcement with small equipment, appreciate the equipment, modern modern weapons, and we are jumping with opportunities, more, wider, their opportunities i would like to sit for the abrams because it has better combat characteristics , combat characteristics, driving qualities, so it is interesting that this technique is a t-64 tank in the bv modification, it was still of soviet production, it was made at the kharkiv armored plant but it's a very good car in principle uh, um, i work with it every day, almost every day, we go on some combat tasks, uh, we perform various missions , of course. well, all people,

s general mark milley is describing the battle over back moon in eastern ukraine scenes of catastrophic damage in the city this week is, millie told the house armed services committee. russia is not making progress there. he called ukraine strategy, quote, effective and costly to putin. he also said russia is struggling in a big way with command and logistics. we turn now to a major move by us lawmakers aiming to claw back war powers they once had have constitutionally the senate voted to repeal the decades old iraq war power authorization 20 years after the us invasion, the lawmakers behind it want to reassure congress's authority in making military decisions, including declaration of war. the bipartisan bill. now heads to the house with me now is democratic congressman adam schiff of california has been pushing for just such a change for a number of years. congressman thanks for taking the time this morning. great to be with you. i do want to put that put a pin in that topic for a moment now and just get to the breaking news this morning of the u. s journalist for the wall street journal, evan covic, arrested accused by rus

future stand downs, and general milly, with the lack of propensity to serve among america's youth how is the department of defense making sure that we're not missing the mark when talking about recruitment with women and with young people of color? >> so -- i continue to make the point that 99.9% of our troops are focused on a right thing -- each and every day and they're focused on accomplishing their mission. and being ready to accomplish their mission if they're called out to do something. and so -- when we focused on for a very short period of time, two hours or so per unit on this issue, we not only focused on how to recognize extremist behavior and what the existing policies were and that we had on the books that address this issue. because we did have policies that -- that covered this. but we also focused on the value of service. and why we're serving, and in the importance of sticking to our values. so because of that, you know i've had numerous commanders tell me that you know ability to kind of talk to their units and interact with their units in small group and talk about some of these issues was very valuable once that twhowrs was over they're