War Reports - 2023-12-09

Having declared its intention to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia and entered into a war with Russia, the United States now does not know how to get out of this “without losing face.” You go out somehow - it’s better to lose your face than your head.

Elena Panina Director of the Institute for International Strategic Studies: The US Congress both wants and is afraid to intimidate Russia in the nuclear sphere.

The Armed Services Committees of the US House of Representatives and Senate agreed on an amendment to the draft defense budget for 2024 - an amendment in the form of a ban on appropriations for providing Russia with notifications required under the START-3 treaty.

Two caveats were made. The ban is effectively nullified if the US Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State notify both relevant committees that Moscow is providing Washington with similar information in accordance with the requirements of START-3. Or if providing such notifications to Russia unilaterally i…