Biden to Allow Ukraine to Use U.S. Weapons to Strike Inside Russia
www.nytimes.com
The permission is intended solely for Ukraine to attack military sites in Russia being used to attack the Kharkiv area, U.S. officials said.
  • Hegar@kbin.social
    185·
    7 months ago

    Obviously there’s a proxy war between russia and the west in ukraine, but I don’t think the US wants a long attritional war.

    They could have done more to not end up in one, but I think escalation management really is driving a lot of decisions in washington.

    • Triasha@lemmy.world
      31·
      7 months ago

      Yeah, they probably told the Russians they were going to greenlight the Ukrainians way before they told the Ukrainians.

      Which is tooth grindingly frustrating, but I can’t fault Biden for his efforts to avoid nuclear exchange.