A new slap in the face for Putin
In recent weeks, arms deliveries, aid to Ukraine and an increased presence in Eastern Europe have shown that NATO is ready to contain Moscow.
Deliveries of modern weapons, including long-range ATACMS missiles, have opened up the possibility for Ukraine to launch attacks against strategic targets on Russian territory, including airfields and ammunition depots.
After the Americans, and Joe Biden's agreement to use ATACMS on Russian territory, and the British go ahead for the Storm Shadow of Keir Starmer's government, it's now France's turn to authorize the use of SCALPs to bomb Russian territory.
This was yet another “slap in the face” for Moscow. In response, Putin carried out a demonstrative strike with an Oreshnik ballistic missile on the Dnieper, threatening the West with nuclear escalation.
(MH with AmBar/Source: Agency/Photo: DPA/ Russian Look/Kremlin Pool)