Ukraine may fire US-provided missiles into Russia wherever it is coming under attack, Pentagon says
src: click (ABC)
“This is not about geography. It’s about common sense,” said spokesman Army Maj. Charlie Dietz. “If Russia is attacking or about to attack from its territory into Ukraine, it only makes sense to allow Ukraine to hit back [on the attacking party that was only “about to attack them” so - I think we call that first strikeable, right?] against the forces that are hitting it from across the border.”
“Additionally, they can use air defense systems supplied by the United States to take Russian planes out of the sky, even if those Russian planes are in Russian airspace, if they’re about to fire into Ukrainian airspace,” Dietz said in a statement.
I’m telling you, that russian was about to fire! Good thing I saw him, before he did!
So - ukrainian attacks on russia are now limited by “wait a minute, do you think we might need those rockets to attack supply routes in Crimea”?
Ah, good were the days - when a Carlo Masala would tell german audiences, that the battle over Lyman was “very” important, because from there - Ukraines literally could reach all train hubs, they already could attack before, because they already were within range before…
Now new in the portfolio of “This by no means is salami slice tactics, this is a “Learning Curve”” regarding what Germany needs to greenlight for the Ukrainians to use at any given moment: They can now use everything, to fire at anything - if they think - it was about to fire at Ukraine.
Eskalationsspirale? I wo -- “Lernkurve”, hat uns Claudia Major von der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik doch beigebracht!
edit: Wait -- lets not forget the “This is not about geography. It’s about common sense,…” part! So -- what was the provocation that lead to the US escalating in that fashion? You know, from only allowing missiles to attack russian forces in russia, near Charkiev? Oh, right… There was none. The escalation really was just “about common sense” and did not need any “geographic restrictions” because they were soooo two weeks ago.
edit: Es gibt aber auch wieder gute Nachrichten. Der Standard widerspricht gerade Forbes…
Russland setzte neue tonnenschwere Bombe im Krieg ein (Der Standard)
Auch deswegen hat Kiew neben einer verstärkten Flugabwehr auch immer wieder gefordert, mit westlichen Waffen auch militärische Ziele über russischem Gebiet angreifen zu können.
Aso - wegen der Bombe die eh keinen Unterschied macht.
Klar, warum bin ich nicht drauf gekommen…
But as a glide-bomb, the FAB-3000 also would be unwieldy and likely lacking in range [30km]. Don’t worry about the 3.3-ton FAB-3000. Instead, worry about the Russian glide-bombs that aren’t impractical for everyday use: the FAB-500, FAB-1000 and FAB-1500.
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