Summary

The US’s approval for Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles, capable of striking targets nearly 200 miles away, marks a significant escalation in Ukraine’s ability to retaliate against Russian aggression.

The move, coming after intense lobbying by Kyiv, allows Ukraine to target Russian positions with more precision and destruction than prior weapons.

Russia has condemned the decision as a provocation risking world war.

Analysts suggest the policy shift, reportedly limited to Russia’s Kursk region, aligns with U.S. efforts to support Ukraine without triggering broader conflict.

  • _stranger_@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    More importantly, we don’t have any morally upstanding senators with the balls to hold the fucking Republicans in line. Even McCain had to find out he was dying of brain cancer before he stood against the machine to defend the right to healthcare.

    Please correct me if I’m wrong, but there aren’t any Republicans left that will do that.

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      They would need 4, but Murkowski, Collins is 2. There is plenty of money to bribe republicans to favour Pharma, or agriculture sustainability (deportations), though I’m not sure if congress can “stop” a declaration of national emergency martial law.