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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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[-] SeattleRain@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago
[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 18 points 19 hours ago

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

[-] Sakychu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 points 22 hours ago

If they are really fearing ww 3 they could just withdraw 🤷‍♀️

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 2 points 36 minutes 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.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day 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

[-] riplin@lemm.ee 26 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours 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.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours 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)

[-] zante@slrpnk.net 4 points 21 hours ago

Could you think about what you are suggesting please.

[-] sepi@piefed.social 2 points 11 hours ago

He thought about it. It's a great idea cos russia does not have working nukes. I know everybody gonna come tell me the braindead thing about "how it only takes one nuke", but russia has nothing that works. They don't even have working delivery vehicles. Their last sarmat test blew up on the launcher.

[-] zante@slrpnk.net -1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I guess I’ve got no option but to yield to your superior knowledge of Russia nuclear weaponry and its operational readiness.

I will also have to concede that your plan to manage the consequences of breaching the Non Proliferation Treaties, although not included in your comment, are surely water tight .

And for these reasons, the risks of transferring nuclear weapons to a corrupt oligarchy like Ukraine I’m sure have been considered and mitigated.

Because like you said, he thought about it .

[-] Dutczar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

How is Ukraine a corrupt oligarchy? Seems to be as much as every other country in the world, probably less than the USA and Russia

(Edit: Using the definition that it's just a government controlled by a small group of people)

[-] zante@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 hour ago

What do you mean “how is it ?”

Just google it mate.

[-] Dutczar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 19 minutes ago

It says the oligarchs were losing power for the last decade, especially after the start of the war and some "anti-oligarch" laws...

[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 20 points 23 hours ago

Leonid Slutsky

uncontrollable giggling

[-] ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

Leonid Slutsky! Making copies! The slutsky! Slut-a-rooni!

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