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Originally Posted by Mick
While I’m all for Ukraine gaining some upper ground, this is potentially very dangerous. If Ukraine starts firing long range missiles in to Russia, Putin may escalate and respond with nuclear confrontation.
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The Ukrainians are unlikely to start lobbing missiles at Russia just because they can. They understand the need to keep the West onside - it’s the West that’s giving them the kit they need to stay in the fight. The talk is now about long-range attritional warfare over the summer, so they are going to need every long-range missile they can get just for that purpose. For Ukraine to stop the Russian advance, and have any hope of pushing it back, they need to destroy as much Russian war material as they can. That will get harder to do as the Russian ability to advance is worn down and it is no longer possible to simply pick off tanks with MLAWS and Javelins at short range. To get at them once they’re dug in, long-range equipment is needed.