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Following President Donald Trump giving Russia 50 days to make a peace deal with Ukraine or face “very severe tariffs” and the President’s recent announcement that Washington will be sending Patriot defensive missile systems to Kiev, a commentary piece in The Washington Post has claimed that Trump is even considering giving Kiev the green light to launch the 18 long-range ATACMS offensive missiles they possess at targets deep within Russia.
What Trump didn’t talk about is that the military assistance might also include authorization for some powerful new offensive weapons. I’m told by a source involved in the decision that this is likely to include permission to use the 18 long-range ATACMS missiles now in Ukraine at their full range of 300 kilometers (about 190 miles). That wouldn’t reach all the way to Moscow or St. Petersburg, but it would strike military bases, airfields and supply depots deep inside Russia that are now out of range. The package might also include more ATACMS.
Besides Trump mulling the launching of ATACMS into Russia and potentially issuing new, additional deliveries of the offensive weapons to Ukraine, another offensive missile system, the Tomahawk, has been considered for Ukraine as well.
Trump also considered sending Tomahawk cruise missiles, the same weapons fired against Iranian targets last month. If fired from Ukraine, these could hit Moscow and St. Petersburg, and they were included in discussion as late as Friday. But the Tomahawks are off the delivery list for now, I’m told. They could be deployed later if Trump wants even more leverage.
While Washington is still in communication with Moscow, Trump is applying pressure on Putin to end the war. He is upset that Putin didn’t accept a peace deal over the last few months despite the numerous diplomatic meetings and phone calls the White House conducted with the Kremlin.
“I thought we should have had a deal done a long time ago, but it just keeps going on and on and on,” he said.
Trump decided to escalate for three reasons, according to a source familiar with administration discussions. First, he believed that Putin was disrespecting him, feigning a readiness to make peace but ignoring the U.S. president’s call for a ceasefire. Second, he saw the efficacy of U.S. military power in the use of B-2 bombers and Tomahawk missiles against Iran. And third, he thought Putin would only negotiate if threatened with greater force. As the Russians like to say, Trump decided to “escalate to de-escalate.”
In November the autopen Presidency of Joe Biden approved long-range missile strikes deep into Russia which nearly sparked off nuclear war.
In response, Russia issued a warning about shooting long-range missiles at it.
“Kiev’s use of long-range missiles to attack our territory will mean the direct participation of the United States and its satellites in hostilities against Russia. In this case, Russia’s response will be adequate and tangible,” Zakharova said.
Prior to the November strikes, Putin warned the West against such attacks.
Putin in September: If Ukraine uses U.S. long-range missiles to strike Russia, the "United States is at war with Russia."
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 17, 2024
Biden in November: *Authorizes Ukraine to use US long-range missiles to strike Russia.*
Biden has just two months left in office.
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The Financial Times reported that sources told them that Trump asked Zelensky if he could strike targets in Moscow.
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After a certain point, it's no longer "5D Chess" – It's brazen warmongering on behalf of the deep state.@HarrisonHSmith pic.twitter.com/BC2f0Eu3Ud
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