Based on how Russia is responding, the war may be more 'on fire' by Inauguration Day,
Had self-imposed restrictions been lifted sooner, Ukraine would have made greater advances against the Russians,
Every decision's been too late,
He doesn't want his legacy to be stained by the war in Europe,
The Ukrainians really need to stem this loss of territory, to slow down — if not stop — the Russian advances in the east,
Ukraine is only authorized to shoot deeper into Russia to constrain the Russian-North Korean effort to push Ukraine out of the Russian territory,
If the long-range missiles are used from the territory of Ukraine against the Russian territory, it will mean that they are controlled by American military experts and we will view that as a qualitatively new phase of the Western war against Russia and respond accordingly,
We hope that when that time comes, there is more leverage on the Ukrainian side than on the Russian side,
From a clearance perspective, de-miners have to approach any type of explosive object with the knowledge that it may explode,
Within two weeks, if they have not been detonated, they become inert,
They don't lead with their mechanized forces anymore,
If Russia escalates, we escalate,
This will mean that NATO countries – the United States and European countries – are at war with Russia,
And nobody knows where this is going,
There are still a substantial number of Republicans … who believe that defending Ukraine is within the broadest conception of American national interests,
Clearly, if the ATACMS, which I suspect will have limited influence in the overall trajectory of the conflict, help in holding off Russian advances in the Kursk region, it would obviously prove to be beneficial,
The Russians have always really been afraid of letting one red line after another be crossed,
This is as if he is launching a whole new war. Everything has changed now. All previous calculations are null and void,
It’s rare that a decision of this kind is taken simply for one reason,
Ukraine is already attacking with its own drones targets much farther away than what the ATACMS can reach,