By publicly pledging it seeks no escalation with Russia, the Biden administration risks encouraging Vladimir Putin's escalated aggression.
attempt to subjugate it. U.S. weapons stockpiles, especially regarding air defense and finite offensive capabilities such as Army Tactical Missile Systems, must also be closely monitored to avoid depletion. This is a key concern vis-a-vis the growing risk of
Still, contrary to the Kremlin’s propaganda, allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons against Russian military targets does not cross Russian red lines. It does not do so for the same two reasons that allowed NATO to avoid direct war with the Soviet Union during the Cold War.against Ukraine’s northeastern bastion city of Kharkiv. Seizing Kharkiv, Russian forces would be only 250 miles from Kyiv as the crow flies.
Too few Western countries appear to understand that Russia’s red lines have not been crossed. Ironically, however, in so desperately, publicly, and relentlessly begging Putin to believe that they do not seek escalation, they risk encouraging Putin’s belief that he can escalate unilaterally to his own advantage. The Biden administration
While now allowing Ukraine to use some U.S. weapons against military targets inside Russia, President Joe Biden says Ukraine can use U.S. weapons only against Russian-located targets that pose a current and imminent threat to forces surrounding Kharkiv. Ukraine still cannot use the most effective ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles inside Russia.
Excluding elements of Russian nuclear command and control , Ukraine should thus be allowed to use Western weapons against military targets supporting Russia’s war effort.
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