The title of this article is a question worth asking. The Biden administration’s decision giving permission to Ukraine to fire ATACMs into Russian territory, despite clear warnings from Putin that this would be considered as a US attack on Russia, raises the legitimate question, “What the hell are they trying to do?”

It doesn’t matter how many long-range missiles we give to Ukraine. Those alone will not change any dynamic on the battlefield—any more than the previous entry of Western tanks, armored personnel carriers, artillery pieces, air defense weapons, HIMARS systems, or even the vaunted F16s. The war is lost for Kyiv.

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It looks like those who warned that in the period before Trump’s return to the White House on January 20, one might expect dangerous provocations to derail his pledge to end the war in Ukraine were right. According to the NYT and other media worldwide, Biden, who previously declined Zelensky’s request to authorize the use of long-range missiles deep into Russia, changed his mind and now gave such permission. Currently, the White House does not confirm nor decline media reports to this effect, but even official silence is a dangerous indicator.

In this clip Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the use of ATACMS by Ukraine against Russia is a signal that the US wants “escalation” in the conflict. “Without the Americans, it’s not possible to use them,” he said while speaking to reporters at the G-20 in Brazil.

On October 14th, a much-delayed inquiry into the mysterious death of Dawn Sturgess, a British citizen who died in July 2018 after reputedly coming into contact with Novichok nerve agent left in England by a pair of Russian assassins, finally commenced. Already, the public show trial has unearthed tantalising evidence gravely undermining the official narrative of the poisoning of GRU defector Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, in March that year.

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“Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with U.S. long-range weapons,” reported NPR mid-day Sunday.

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Putin made a pass at Schulz by suggesting that the last undamaged part of the Nord Stream pipelines could be swiftly put back to use if Germany helps Russia in Ukraine by rejecting Trump’s reported plans to “escalate to de-escalate”.