BY JAMIE MCINTYRE

VLAD THE DESTROYER: As Ukraine’s counteroffensive continues to make inroads on both the northern and southern fronts, Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses Ukraine of “terrorist attacks,” and threatens to rain down more destruction on the long-suffering Ukrainian people.

In remarks at a news conference in Uzbekistan, where he was publicly chastised by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Putin brushed off criticism of the war and insisted that Russia is merely protecting itself against a campaign by the West to “create an anti-Russia enclave and rock the boat.”

“Indeed, we were quite restrained in our response, but that will not last forever,” Putin said. “Recently, Russian Armed Forces delivered a couple of sensitive blows to that area. Let’s call them warning shots. If the situation continues like that, our response will be more impactful.”

‘WE ARE FIGHTING NOT WITH A FULL ARMY’: Even as battlefield reports indicate Russian forces are being pushed back in the northern Kharkiv area and are pulling back into better defensive positions in the southern Kherson province, Putin insisted everything is going to plan.

“No, the plan will not be adjusted,” Putin said. “The main goal is to liberate the entire territory of Donbas. This work continues despite the attempts of the Ukrainian army to launch a counteroffensive. We are not stopping our offensive operations in Donbas itself. They continue. They continue at a slow pace but consistently and gradually, the Russian army is taking more and more new territory.”

Putin appeared to acknowledge what U.S. officials and Western experts have said, that Putin is hesitant to order a wider military mobilization and, in the face of a manpower shortage six months into the war, is increasingly relying on irregular volunteer and proxy forces. “I must emphasize that we are fighting not with a full army but only with part, with contracted forces,” he said. “Of course, this is linked with certain personnel parameters and so on. This is why we are not in a rush in this respect.”

RUSSIAN LOSSES MOUNT: The U.S. estimates that Russia has lost up to 80,000 troops from its initial invasion force, including dead and wounded, and the British Defense Ministry says Ukraine has shot down more than 50 combat aircraft since the start of the war.

“Russia has highly likely lost at least four combat jets in Ukraine within the last 10 days, taking its attrition to approximately 55 since the start of the invasion,” the ministry tweeted in its daily intelligence update.

“Russian pilots’ situational awareness is often poor; there is a realistic possibility that some aircraft have strayed over enemy territory and into denser air defense zones as the front lines have moved rapidly,” the British military speculated. It could also be that pilots are taking more risk to provide cover for Russian troops as they retreat.

“Russia’s continued lack of air superiority remains one of the most important factors underpinning the fragility of its operational design in Ukraine,” the ministry tweeted.

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HAPPENING TODAY: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in New York for “high-level week” of the 77th Session of the U.N. General Assembly.

State Department officials previewing the weeklong session said the U.S. priorities include making progress on food and energy security worldwide, and reform of the U.N. charter to “better reflect global realities and incorporate regional perspectives.”

“We do not believe the United States should defend an outdated status quo. While we're clear eyed about the obstacles to Security Council reform, we will make a serious call for countries to forge consensus around credible, realistic proposals for the way forward,” Michele Sison, assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs, told reporters Friday.

President Joe Biden will speak to the assembly Wednesday and is certain to address Russia’s war in Ukraine, the discovery of 440 graves in recently-liberated Izyum, and other reports of Russian war crimes and atrocities. “It’s horrifying. It’s repugnant,” said NSC spokesman John Kirby Friday. “And sadly, it’s in keeping with the kind of depravity and the brutality with which Russian forces have been prosecuting this war against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.”

“It will not be business as usual with the Russians,” said U.S. U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on MSNBC. “They have provoked an attack, an attack on the very core of the U.N. Charter by their attack on Ukraine.”

Putin will not be in New York to hear the criticism; he’s staying in Moscow, sending his foreign minister Sergey Lavrov.

‘IT WILL BE CONSEQUENTIAL’: In a wide-ranging interview on the CBS news program 60 minutes last night, President Joe Biden had a warning for Putin.

Observing that as Ukraine succeeds on the battlefield Putin is becoming “embarrassed and pushed into a corner,” CBS correspondent Scott Pelley asked Biden what he would say to Putin if he is considering using chemical or tactical nuclear weapons.

“Don't. Don't. Don't. You will change the face of war unlike anything since World War II,” replied Biden.

“And the consequences of that would be what?” pressed Pelley.

“I am not going to speculate,” said Biden. “You think I would tell you if I knew exactly what it would be? Of course, I'm not gonna tell you. It'll be consequential. They'll become more of a pariah in the world than they ever have been. And depending on the extent of what they do will determine what response would occur.”

DOOMSDAY SCENARIO: SIMULATION REVEALS NUCLEAR WAR WITH RUSSIA WOULD CAUSE 90 MILLION CASUALTIES

BIDEN: UKRAINE NOT LOSING, HARD TO COUNT AS WINNING: Asked if Ukraine’s recent territorial gains meant it was winning the war, Biden hedged, seeming to describe the situation as a stalemate.

“Ukraine, through the significant help we and our allies are giving them and the incredible bravery and the incredible determination of the Ukrainian people, are not losing a war, and they're making gains in certain areas,” Biden said. “Winning the war in Ukraine is to get Russia out of Ukraine completely and recognizing the sovereignty.”

“They're defeating Russia. Russia's turning out not to be as competent and capable as many people thought they were gonna be. But winning the war? The damage it's doing, the citizens, and the innocent people are being killed, it's awful hard to count that as winning.”

MORE AMBIGUITY ABOUT STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY: For at least the third time, Biden was asked if the U.S. would defend Taiwan if China attacks, and for the third time, Biden said yes, and for the third time, the White House walked back the president’s remarks, saying U.S. policy of “strategic ambiguity” — that the U.S. might or might not intervene — has not changed.

But Biden didn’t hedge. “Would U.S. forces defend the island?” asked Pelley, twice.

“Yes,” Biden said twice, adding in one response, “If in fact there was an unprecedented attack.” The answer both delighted and frustrated China hawks such as Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE).

“There’s little strategic upside to ambiguity. The president said the right thing: We will defend our ally Taiwan,” Sasse said in a statement. “Now anonymous White House staffers are trying — for at least the third time — to walk it back and say there’s been no change to U.S. policy. Unacceptable. Ron Klain shouldn’t undermine the President, the Taiwanese people, and U.S. interests and leadership.”

'REMAINS TO BE SEEN': BIDEN HASN'T MADE A 'FIRM DECISION' TO RUN IN 2024

BIDEN HASN’T SEEN DOCUMENTS SEIZED FROM MAR-A-LAGO:  Biden told CBS that he is purposely avoiding being briefed on the contents of classified and top secret documents seized in an FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, estate, and has not been advised that the documents posed any risk to national security.

“I have not personally spoken to anyone in that regard. I'm sure my administration is aware of all of that, and so is the National Security Council. But I have not,” Biden said. “I have not asked for the specifics of those documents because I don't want to get myself in the middle of whether or not the Justice Department should move or not move on certain actions they could take. I agreed I would not tell them what to do and not, in fact, engage in telling them how to prosecute or not.”

Nevertheless, Biden said when he saw the photograph of the documents that the FBI spread out on the floor he was shocked, and thought, “How [could] anyone could be that irresponsible. And I thought, ‘What data was in there that may compromise sources and methods?’ By that I mean names of people who helped or et cetera. And it's just totally irresponsible.”

BIDEN SAYS TRUMP'S HANDLING OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS 'TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE'

RAISI: BIDEN NO DIFFERENT THAN TRUMP: Also on last night’s 60 Minutes, CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl interviewed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi at his presidential complex in Tehran.

In response to a question about whether he found a difference between dealing with the Biden administration compared to Trump’s time in office, Raisi told Stahl, "The new administration in the U.S., they claim that they are different from the Trump's administration. They have said it in their messages to us. But we haven’t witnessed any changes in reality."

Raisi said the reason there is still no nuclear deal with the Biden administration is that Iran can’t trust America not to back out of an agreement as Trump did in 2018.

“There needs to be guarantees. If there were a guarantee, then the Americans could not withdraw from the deal,” he told CBS’s Leslie Stahl. “You see, the Americans broke their promises. They did it unilaterally. They said, ‘I am out of the deal.’ Now making promises is becoming meaningless.”

“We cannot trust the Americans because of the behavior that we have already seen from them. That is why if there is no guarantee, there is no trust.”

STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS NUCLEAR DEAL TALKS WITH IRAN ARE 'AT A STALEMATE'

INDUSTRY WATCH: China’s Foreign Ministry has announced it will impose sanctions on the chief executives of Boeing Defense and Raytheon in protest of recent U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.

“The arms sales gravely undermine China’s sovereignty and security interests, and severely harm China-US relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” said ministry spokesperson Mao Ning at a regular Friday briefing.

On Sept. 2, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced that Taiwan had agreed to buy 100 AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder air-to-air missiles from Raytheon and 60 AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles from Boeing.

“To defend China’s sovereignty and security interests, the Chinese government has decided to sanction Gregory J. Hayes, chairman and chief executive officer of Raytheon Technologies Corporation, and Theodore Colbert III, president and chief executive officer of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, who were involved in the latest arms sale,” she said.

“China once again urges the US government and relevant parties to abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-US joint communiques, stop arms sales to Taiwan and military contact with Taiwan,” the spokesperson said. “China firmly opposes and strongly condemns the sales.”

A Raytheon spokesman declined to comment, according to Reuters, but reported that Boeing plans to “remarket some airplanes that it had earmarked for Chinese airlines as geopolitical tensions have delayed deliveries.”

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Calendar

MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 19

9:15 a.m. 165 Waterfront St., National Harbor, Maryland — Air and Space Forces Air, Space and Cyber Conference (Sept. 19-21), with Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall; Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.; and Space Operations Command Commander Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting https://afresearchlab.com/events/afa-air-space-cyber-conference-2022/

9 a.m. 1775 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. — Brookings Institution inaugural Knight Forum on Geopolitics, focusing on the Russia-Ukraine war, with William Galston, former deputy assistant at the White House; and Robert Kagan, former principal speechwriter at the State Department https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-2022-knight-forum-on-geopolitics

10 a.m. — Hudson Institute virtual discussion: "Europe in the Face of War: A Lithuanian Perspective,” with Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen, speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas; and Luke Coffey, senior fellow at Hudson https://www.hudson.org/events/2154-europe-in-the-face-of-war

11 a.m. National Press Club — National Telecommunications and Information Administration Spectrum Policy Symposium, with Pentagon Chief Information Officer John Sherman https://ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2022/2022-ntia-spectrum-policy-symposium

12 p.m. — Atlantic Council virtual conference: “From Ukraine to the Americas: Fortifying Recovery Against Global Shocks," with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei; Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union, and Cooperation Jose Manuel Albares; Guyanese Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud; Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and Environment Jose Fernandez; Kira Rudik, leader of the Ukrainian Golos Party; Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, vice president for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank; Martin Spicer, regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the International Finance Corporation; Marcela Escobari, assistant administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development's Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean; and Edgar Villanueva, environment analysis manager at the Corporacion Multi Inversiones https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event

1 p.m. — Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments virtual discussion on two new reports, "Arming America's Allies: Historical Lessons for Implementing a Post-INF Treaty Missile Strategy" and "Rings of Fire: A Conventional Missile Strategy for a Post-INF Treaty World," with Rep. Mike Gallagher, (R-WI) https://csbaonline.org/about/events/webinar

5:30 p.m. — American Enterprise Institute 2022 Walter Berns Constitution Day Lecture with Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) https://www.aei.org/events/2022-walter-berns-constitution-day-lecture

TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 20

8:15 a.m. 165 Waterfront St., National Harbor, Maryland — Air and Space Forces Association 2022 Air, Space and Cyber Conference, with Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond; Rep. August Pfluger, (R-TX) exas; and Rep. Kai Kahele, (D-HI) https://www.afa.org/events/2022-air-space-cyber-conference

9:30 a.m. 216 Hart — Senate Armed Services Committee hearing: “U.S. Nuclear Strategy and Policy,” with testimony from Madelyn Creedon, research professor, George Washington University; Rose Gottemoeller, Stanford University; Eric Edelman, counselor, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, director, U.S. Institute of Peace; and Franklin Miller, principal, The Scowcroft Group https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings

10 a.m. — U.S. Institute of Peace virtual discussion: "Russia's Actions in Ukraine and the Crime of Genocide," with Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin; Azeem Ibrahim, director of special initiatives at the New Lines Institute; and Clint Williamson, senior fellow for international rule of law, governance and society at the McCain Institute for International Leadership https://www.usip.org/events/russias-actions-ukraine-and-crime-genocide

11 a.m. 1616 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. — Center for Strategic and International Studies discussion: "Current Challenges to the Defense Industrial Base," focusing on challenges in the context of the Ukraine war, with Frank St. John, COO of Lockheed Martin; Gordon Stein, vice president of U.S. operations at General Dynamics Land Systems; and Amy Gowder, president and CEO of GE Aviation Military Systems https://www.csis.org/events/current-challenges

12 p.m. — Middle East Institute virtual discussion: “Greco-Turkish Tensions: What It Means for NATO Unity and Regional Peace," with Asper Coskun, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Europe Program; Ioannis Grigoriadis, associate professor at Bilkent University; Ryan Gingeras, professor at the Naval Postgraduate School; and Gonul Tol, director of the MEI Turkey Program https://mei.edu/events/greco-turkish-tensions

1 p.m. — Henry L. Stimson Center virtual discussion: “Coercion and Crisis Management in the Taiwan Strait," with Michael Swain, director of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft's East Asia Program; Ketian Zhang, assistant professor of international security at George Mason University; Lyle Morris, senior fellow in foreign policy and national security at the Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis; and James Siebens, fellow in defense strategy and planning at the Stimson Center https://www.stimson.org/event/coercion-and-crisis

3 p.m. — U.S. Institute of Peace virtual discussion: “China's Influence on the Freely Associated States," with retired Adm. Philip Davidson, co-chair of the USIP's Senior Study Group on China and the Pacific Islands and former commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command; David Stilwell co-chair of the USIP's Senior Study Group on China and the Pacific Islands and former assistant secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and former delegate Robert Underwood, D-Guam, and co-chair of the USIP's Senior Study Group on China and the Pacific Islands https://www.usip.org/events/chinas-influence-freely-associated-states

3:30 p.m. 2060 Rayburn — East-West Center in Washington discussion: “Taiwan Matters for America - America Matters for Taiwan," with Sen. Jim Inhofe, (R-OK); Rep. Steve Chabot, (R-OH); Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, (R-Fl).; Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office Taiwan Representative to the U.S. Bi-Khim Hsiao; Rupert Hammond Chambers, president of the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council; and Russell Hsiao, executive director of the Global Taiwan Institute https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-launch-of-taiwan-matters-for-america

WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 21

TBA — President Joe Biden addresses the United Nations General Assembly.

8:15 a.m. 165 Waterfront St., National Harbor, Maryland — Air and Space Forces Association 2022 Air, Space and Cyber Conference, with Air Force Gen. Glenn VanHerck, commander of U.S. Northern Command; Navy Adm. Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command; Army Gen. James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command; Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, commander of Air Combat Command; and Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command https://www.afa.org/events/2022-air-space-cyber-conference

8:30 a.m. — Foundation for the Defense of Democracies discussion: “Assessing America’s Cyber Resiliency: A Conversation,” with co-chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI); moderated by Tim Starks, author of the Cybersecurity 202 newsletter at The Washington Post. https://www.fdd.org/events/2022/09/21/assessing-americas-cyber-resiliency

8:45 a.m. 1735 New York Ave. N.W. — Defense Strategies Institute 11th Military Tactical Communications Summit, with Deondray Wesley, branch head of Tactical and Public Safety Communications at DoD-CIO; Army CIO Raj Iyer; Army Maj. Gen. Christopher Eubank, commanding general at the Army Network Enterprise Technology Command; and Space Systems Command CIO Air Force Col. Albert Olagbemiro Note: Closed press. https://tacticalcommunications.dsigroup.org/

10 a.m. — Carnegie Endowment for International Peace virtual discussion: “New Paradigm for Cyber Competition: A Conversation on Cyber Persistent Theory," with Emily Goldman, director of U.S. Cyber Command/National Security Agency Combined Action Group; Richard Harknett, co-director of the Ohio Cyber Range Institute; and Michael Fischerkeller, research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses' Information, Technology and Systems Division https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/09/21/new-paradigm-for-cyber-competition

10:30 a.m. — Henry L. Stimson Center virtual discussion: "Deepening U.S.-Japan Alliance Cooperation in the Face of Global Challenges," with retired Japan Air Self-Defense Force Gen. Yoshiyuki Sugiyama, president of the Japan-America Air Force Goodwill Association; former Assistant Defense Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Wallace Gregson; and Yuki Tatsumi, director of the Stimson Center's Japan Program https://www.stimson.org/event/deepening-u-s-japan-alliance

2 p.m. 2118 Rayburn — House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing: "Update on the Implementation of Recommendations of the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military and the Establishment of the Office of Special Trial Counsels,” with testimony from Gilbert Cisneros, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness; Gabe Camarillo, undersecretary of the Army; Erik Raven, undersecretary of the Navy; and Gina Ortiz Jones, undersecretary of the Air Force https://armedservices.house.gov/hearings

2 p.m. — House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing: Putin’s Proxies: Examining Russia’s Use of Private Military Companies,” with testimony from Kimberly Marten, professor, Political Science Department, Barnard College, Columbia University; Catrina Doxsee, associate director, Transnational Threats Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Joseph Siegle, director of research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases

3:30 p.m. 222 Russell — Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel hearing on the status of military recruiting and retention efforts across the Department of Defense, with testimony from Stephanie Miller, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military personnel policy; Lt. Gen. Douglas Stitt, deputy army chief of staff; Vice Adm. Rick Cheeseman, deputy chief of naval operations personnel, manpower and training; Lt. Gen. Caroline Miller, deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel, and service, U.S. Air Force; and Michael Strobl, assistant deputy commandant for manpower and reserve affairs, U.S. Marine Corps https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings

THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 22

8:45 a.m. 1735 New York Ave. N.W. — Defense Strategies Institute 11th Military Tactical Communications Summit, with Retired Army Futures Command CIO Wade Johnston; Air Force Lt. Col. Gabriel Avilla, chief of the Cyberspace Transformation Division in the Directorate of Cyberspace and Information Dominance Air Combat Command; and Special Operations Command COO of Networks and Services Army Col. Joseph Pishock Note: Closed press https://tacticalcommunications.dsigroup.org/

10 a.m. — Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies Spacepower Forum discussion on Space Force training, education and doctrine and STARCOM’s contributions to space warfighting, with Maj. Gen. Shawn Bratton, commander, Space Training and Readiness Command https://mitchellaerospacepower.org/event

10 a.m. — Hudson Institute virtual discussion: “Learning to Win: Using Operational Innovation to Regain the Advantage at Sea against China," with Trent Hone, vice president of ICF; Dmitry Filipoff, director of online content at the Center for International Maritime Security; Michael Hunzeker, associate professor at George Mason University; and Bryan Clark, senior fellow at Hudson https://www.hudson.org/events/2149-learning-to-win

1 p.m. — GovExec and HP with Intel event: “Securing the Air Force,” with Air Force officials: Aaron Bishop, chief information security officer; Jay Bonci, chief technology officer, OCIO; Colt Whittall, chief experience officer; Stuart Wagner, chief digital transformation officer; and Tommy Garder, Chief Technology Officer, HP Federal https://events.govexec.com/securing-air-force

3 p.m. 300 E St. S.W. — National Aeronautics and Space Administration briefing on Double Asteroid Redirection Test's (DART) final activities before its impact with Dimorphos. https://socialforms.nasa.gov/DART-Pre-Impact-Press-Briefing

FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 23

9 a.m. — Center for Strategic and International Studies virtual book discussion China's Next Act: How Sustainability and Technology are Reshaping China's Rise and the World's Future, with author Scott Moore, director of the University of Pennsylvania's China Programs and Strategic Initiatives; Carla Freeman, senior expert on China, U.S. Institute of Peace; and Andrew Mertha, director of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies' China Global Research Center https://www.csis.org/events/book-event-chinas-next-act-scott-m-moore

11 a.m. 760 Maine Avenue S.W. — 2022 Atlantic Festival discussion: “Threats to Democracy: The Latest on the Course of the War in Ukraine,” with White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain https://hopin.com/events/atlantic-festival

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