Summary

The U.S. has approved Ukraine’s use of long-range ATACMS missiles to strike inside Russia, drawing sharp criticism from Russian officials, who warn of serious escalation and even invoke fears of World War III.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov condemned the move as a “new spiral of tension,” while Vladimir Putin has yet to comment.

Putin previously warned such actions could be seen as NATO’s direct involvement in the war.

As Biden’s term ends, speculation rises about how Trump’s more cautious stance on Ukraine aid might influence Moscow’s next steps.

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    24 days ago

    Sometimes constraints like Biden’s remaining time in power are a good thing so necessarily bold and irreversible moves can be made to resolve the situation

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      24 days ago

      The situation won’t be resolved until Russia has truly been broken or Ukraine has nukes. They will not stop until they have what they want at any cost or they perceive Ukraine as a credible threat.

      Long range missiles are great, but Ukraine needs to really break them or they will just keep going.

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        24 days ago

        Can’t the US just give Ukraine the nukes, didn’t Israel steal their nuclear program from the US anyway (like physically stole shit or something)

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    NK deployed troops on the ground VS Ukraine has got a little pass on their limits of how to use western arms. Yeah.

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      23 days ago

      It’s not them that “fear” WW3. Well, they are scared shitless of it of course. But the “WW3” is a scaremongering tactic that kremlin trolls use all the time. That and the “okay you go to trenches and fight!!!” terminating cliche. You can tell someone is a paid bot when the first thing they do is say this shit.