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Is the West finally seeing sense on long-range missiles to Ukraine?
When it comes to allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with US and British missiles, sense appears — for the moment at least — to have prevailed in Washington, and London has fallen into line. Though senior UK politicians have encouraged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to go against the American line and permit the use of these missiles, we should all hope that his current restraint continues. For while such strikes would help to slow down Russian advances, they would not lead to Ukrainian “victory”, and they would be likely to cause some form of Russian retaliation against Britain — with no certainty that the US would then come to Britain’s aid. In fact, there is no evidence from their statements or actions that the interests of Britain and British citizens have any place at all in the thinking of UK politicians who urge escalation in Ukraine.