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When the United States began providing such weapons to Kyiv in 2023, the dynamics of the war could have been changed drastically, but your administration exerted its influence over the conflict to limit the rules of engagement and the use of ATACMS,
Since your recent actions seem to be pushing the world closer to the brink of nuclear war, I hereby request a classified briefing prior to Monday, November 25, 2024, regarding full details of your administration’s agreement on Ukraine’s stipulated rules of engagement with regard to the long-range ATACMS,
If this desperate move by your administration represents an attempt by deep-state operatives to hamstring the incoming Trump presidency, it’s a dangerous miscalculation,
I write to challenge your administration’s decision to authorize Ukraine’s use of Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to strike inside Russia,
Americans do not want World War III,
We have seen over recent weeks a significant change in the [Russian] action and the rhetoric on Ukraine
Whoever controls Kursk at Christmas will be on the front foot ahead of ceasefire negotiations which could start when US President-elect Donald Trump takes office
At this point I’m not able to get into any further operational details,
This is, of course, a signal that they want to escalate. We will be taking this as a qualitatively new phase of the Western war against Russia. And we will react accordingly,
Russia also issued a warning to Ukraine regarding its use of ATACMS, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said ... Al Jazeera reported On his way out of office, Joe Biden is dangerously trying to start WWIII by authorizing Ukraine the use of U.S. long range missiles into Russia. The American people gave a mandate on Nov 5th against these exact America last decisions and do NOT want to fund or fight foreign wars. We want to fix our own problems. Enough of this, it must stop."
On X, formerly Twitter, Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote It's obvious that the outgoing administration in Washington intends to take steps in order to continue fueling the fire and provoking further escalation of tensions."
Russia also responded to news of Biden's authorization, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov saying [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and [Foreign Minister Sergey] Lavrov have been explicit—and correct [on the subject]. US/NATO satellite feeds and/or personnel are needed to fire these missiles; therefore, NATO has entered the war. So, Russia has every right under international law to attack NATO targets now."
If such a decision was really formulated and announced to the Kyiv regime, then of course it's a qualitatively new spiral of tensions and a qualitatively new situation from the point of view of the U.S.'s engagement in the conflict."
The DoD has no comment on remarks supposedly made by a private citizen to a Russian news outlet."
In response to a request for comment, the Pentagon said The Military Industrial Complex seems to want to make sure they get World War 3 going before my father has a chance to create peace and save lives. Gotta lock in those $Trillions. Life be damned!!! Imbeciles!"
Donald Trump Jr. also condemned Biden's decision, writing on X The problem for the Kremlin, of course, is whether the threat of nuclear retaliation to Ukraine striking targets inside Russia with Western conventional weapons is a credible threat,
Russia's willingness to climb the nuclear ladder to a great extent comes down to the thinking and the predilections of one man, Vladimir Putin,
The Russian perception that this is a step by the Biden administration to tie Trump's hands when he gets into office,
said Episkopos from the Quincy Institute I'm somewhat astounded about the details and very broad scenarios described in the document,
said Hans Kristensen, director of the nuclear information project at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS). It goes far beyond what we have seen in documents from other nuclear-armed states,
