Playing with fire is dangerous, but some people don't want to understand it. The provocation of French President Emmanuel Macron was not enough, ready to send French soldiers to Ukraine to help Zelensky's country against the Russia. Now the axis Bornfrom the United States to Germany, is ready to allow Kiev to strike on Russian territory with weapons provided by the Atlantic alliance. No jokes, no deterrent actions: the confirmation came directly from the top. For the moment the Kremlin has not taken a position, but over the last two years things have changed palpably: from support with bulletproof vests to missiles to hit the area near Kharkiv.
The US president Joe Biden ordered his theme to ensure that Ukraine is able to use American weapons in Kharkiv for counteroffensive purposes. An important change of course, aimed at helping Kiev defend itself. In other words, Zelensky's troops can use US weapons – rockets and rocket launchers – to shoot down Russian missiles or bombers or to strike troops massed just beyond the border. Ukraine will not be able to use these weapons to hit civilian infrastructure or launch long-range missiles, but this changes little: from the Russian perspective – but not only – another step forward has been made. A leap that could lead to escalation of the conflict, a hypothesis to be avoided in any way.
Washington justified this move as an adaptation to what is actually happening on the battlefield. The request to use Western weapons came directly from Kiev, needing to strike Moscow's forces massed on the Russian side of the border. But, as anticipated, that's not all. Also there Germany he said yes to the use of German weapons to strike Moscow targets on Russian territory. “Ukraine has the right, guaranteed by international law, to defend itself from Russian attacks and can also use the weapons intended for this purpose, including those we have handed over to it, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said.
Berlin, like Washington, had always ruled out the use of weapons supplied to Kiev on Russian territory for fear of widening the conflict. Has the fear vanished? If yes, for what reason? Putin has not withdrawn his threats on the use of nuclear weapons, yet here is the further “overreach” in favor of Ukraine. Zelensky obviously rejoiced, speaking of a “step forward” that allows “the possibility of defending our people who live in the border villages”. The hope is that no one wants NATO to be at war with Russia,Italy fortunately he maintains his common sense position: no to Italian soldiers in Ukraine and no to the use of our own weapons beyond the Ukrainian borders. Updates will follow – we fear –.
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