WorthyNews: Ukraine Fires British, US Missiles Deep Into Russia

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News

MOSCOW/KYIV/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Ukraine fired a dozen British Storm Shadow cruise missiles deep into Russia on Wednesday after launching it is U.S. ATACMS missiles, prompting Moscow to warn that it is lowering its threshold for the use of atomic weapons.

Russian war correspondents reported Wednesday’s strikes on social media, and an official confirmed them on condition of anonymity. A spokesperson for Ukraine’s General Staff said he had no information.

Britain and the U.S. had previously opposed the usage of such weapons inside Russian territory, but they changed their position following the arrival of more than 10,000 North Korean troops to help Russia’s military.

Witnesses said Kyiv fired up to 12 Storm Shadows, which have a range in excess of 250 kilometers( 155 miles), into Russia’s Kursk region, which Ukrainian forces have partly invaded.

Earlier on Tuesday, Kyiv launched the first use of the U.S. ATACM, firing at a Russian arsenal in the Bryansk region on Ukraine’s northern border.

In response, Russia announced “a change to its nuclear doctrine,” making it easier to use atomic weapons.

Washington said it sees no need to adjust its nuclear posture but accused Moscow of “resorting to irresponsible rhetoric.”

WESTERN EMBASSIES

The missile strikes came as several countries, including the United States, briefly closed their embassies in Kyiv, fearing massive Russian retaliation.

The U.S. later said the embassy would reopen on Thursday.

The Pentagon also announced that the U.S. would give Ukraine $275 million in military aid, including more ammunition for theHIMARS rocket system.

Additionally, the administration of outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden moved to forgive $4.7 billion in the U.S. loans to Ukraine.

It was part of last-minute efforts to boost Ukraine’s resolve ahead of expected peace settlements under the next president, Donald J. Trump.

Several sources said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “is open” to discussing an Ukraine ceasefire deal with Trump.

However he reportedly rules out making any major territorial concessions and insists Kyiv abandon ambitions to join the NATO military alliance.

ENDING CONFLICT

In exchange for Ukraine’s neutrality, the country would receive security guarantees from the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, Britain, France, China, Russia and the United States, Worthy News learned.

U.S. President-elect Trump has vowed to swiftly end the armed conflict when returning to the White House, as hundreds of thousands of soldiers are believed to have been killed on both sides.

Critics say Biden’s decision to allow the usage of the ATACMS, or Army Tactical Missile System, surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, could complicate peace talks.

Yet analysts said the use of these missiles, which are capable of hitting targets at up to 300 kilometers (186 miles), may not much change realities on the ground.

Moscow controls about 20 percent of Ukraine, about the size of the American state of Virginia.

However Russia is advancing at the fastest pace since the early days of the 2022 invasion, according to military experts, ahead of possible peace talks.

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[NConly]

We had no need of the 4.7 billion

[farouk]

35 minutes ago, NConly said:

We had no need of the 4.7 billion

@NConly The British were trying to overthrow the government in Russia when Woodrow Wilson was ailing and - together with Edith Wilson - was not capable of gunboat diplomacy in the Baltic. That is, having been fighting a war in WW1, the British wanted to continue having a war to overthrow the government in Russia.

Great Britain might be regarded as a junior partner in NATO compared with the US, but in terms of historic policy, it may be a wag the dog situation, with the British foisting on the US a war by proxy against Russia, even when communism in Russia is long gone.

When the British couldn't have their war in Russia any more after WW1, they wanted a war against Turkey instead; they wanted to drag Canada along with them (but William Lyon Mackenzie King wouldn't let them).

cc @Neighbor

Edited November 21, 2024 by farouk

[NConly]

30 minutes ago, farouk said:

@NConly The British were trying to overthrow the government in Russia when Woodrow Wilson was ailing and - together with Edith Wilson - was not capable of gunboat diplomacy in the Baltic. That is, having been fighting a war in WW1, the British wanted to continue having a war to overthrow the government in Russia.

Great Britain might be regarded as a junior partner in NATO compared with the US, but in terms of historic policy, it may be a wag the dog situation, with the British foisting on the US a war by proxy against Russia, even when communism in Russia is long gone.

When the British couldn't have their war in Russia any more after WW1, they wanted a war against Turkey instead; they wanted to drag Canada along with them (but William Lyon Mackenzie King wouldn't let them).

cc @Neighbor

I don't recall any of that being taught in High School. Of course I did a lot of skipping.

[farouk]

1 minute ago, NConly said:

I don't recall any of that being taught in High School. Of course I did a lot of skipping.

James Jesus Angleton (the CIA man who burglarized Ben Bradlee's sister-in-law's house after rumors emerged of her closeness to the slain JFK) thought he could trust his British opposite numbers in MI6, but found that he couldn't.

[NConly]

7 minutes ago, farouk said:

James Jesus Angleton (the CIA man who burglarized Ben Bradlee's sister-in-law's house after rumors emerged of her closeness to the slain JFK) thought he could trust his British opposite numbers in MI6, but found that he couldn't.

Never heard of that either.

 

[Neighbor]

From The Times of Israel an excerpt of report from a few minutes ago:

..."Russia launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from its southern Astrakhan region during a morning attack on Ukraine, Kyiv’s air force says, the first time Russia has used such a powerful, long-range missile during the war.

The strike comes after Ukraine used US and British missiles to strike targets inside Russia this week, something Moscow had warned for months would be seen as a major escalation."....

for full article see https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/in-first-russia-said-to-fire-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-at-ukraine/

My own thought: This type missile is capable of carrying nuclear war heads some 2000 kilometers. The message sent is believe - Guess what one will be nuclear armed and where it will be aimed and hit? 

The nations are now actively playing "Russian roulette" . Biden administration having  cocked the hammer and pulled the trigger once, now the Russians have done the same, once each.

 I do believe that  the Biden administration and especially President Biden himself want the USA in a position that it cannot extract itself from come Jan 20, 2025.  His own reality and thinking being that President Trump put him  in a position of having to flee Afghanistan in 2021, sticking him with that disastrous exit fiasco.

He will return the "favor" and at the same time reward the military industrial complex's manufacturers of war material and weapons.