President Volodymyr Zelensky on Aug. 31 called on the U.S., the U.K., France, and Germany to allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons to strike targets in Russia.

“I appeal to the U.S., the U.K., France and Germany. We need the ability to genuinely and fully defend Ukraine and Ukrainians. We require both: permissions for long-range capabilities and your long-range shells and missiles,” Zelensky said in his evening address.

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Kyiv has long argued that restrictions on the use of long-range weapons are stifling its war effort, while Washington claimed that allowing Ukraine to hit deep into Russian territory with its weapons could escalate the conflict.

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    3 months ago

    /Claps Hands!

    Nailed it in one!

    I’m so proud of you. You figured it out Charlie! See the US is tooling up to fight China. Cuz China is basically supplanting the US on virtually every front. And despite all our big shit talk about fighting the next 3 biggest threats simultaneously, we can’t do that. Not anymore. The military can’t replace soldiers cuz everyone’s too fat or too high or too generally mentally unfit to hold a weapon. All the force projection we have doesn’t mean shit without logistics to keep it operational. The very last thing GovCo wants is Russia tagging in and helping China when we make our play on Taiwan.