The US is thinking about letting Ukraine use its weapons to strike Russia, even if it enrages Putin: report
businessinsider.com
- US officials are considering letting Ukraine strike Russia with US weapons, The New York Times reports.
- Ukraine says it's necessary to fight cross-border attacks.
- But fears of crossing Russia's red lines have long made the US hesitate.
The US has barred Ukraine from striking targets in Russian territory with its arsenal of US weapons.
But that may be about to change. The New York Times on Thursday reported that US officials were debating rolling back the rule, which Ukraine has argued severely hampers its ability to defend itself.
The proposed U-turn came after Russia placed weapons across the border from northeastern Ukraine and directed them at Kharkiv, the Times reported, noting that Ukraine would be able to use only non-American drones to hit back.
The Times reported that the proposal was still being debated and had yet to be formally proposed to President Joe Biden.
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Fuck Putin. Send Ukraine the big shit and let them end the war and put Putin's bullshit to an end.
Russia has nukes. We can't do that
Can't get nuked if it's a hypothetical and you're on a keyboard!
You know, somebody in Ukraine is bound to be taking volunteers if you're all so committed to taking down Putin. (Not you OP)
So did Ukraine until they gave them up at our behest because we promised we'd intervene if Russia were to invade them.
Russia also doesn't and hasn't had the money to maintain them.
I don't think this particular policy would result in a nuclear war, but "they haven't maintained their nuclear weapons" doesn't sound to me like a good enough argument to not risk a nuclear exchange.
Even one successful weapon exploding would be catastrophic.