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edhopper

(33,591 posts)
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 07:45 PM Oct 2022

The Ukrainians have every right to strike inside of Russia.

Even at Moscow itself.
They won't because of what the retaliation might be. But they would be justified.
As Putin continues to target the civilian population far from the occupied territories, I wish someone would remind him what might happen if Ukraine has nothing left to lose.
Idle late night thought, not meant as actual geopolitical reality.

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The Ukrainians have every right to strike inside of Russia. (Original Post) edhopper Oct 2022 OP
God yes. They should do so. TomDaisy Oct 2022 #1
They are somehow sriking deep inside Russia CanonRay Oct 2022 #2
NATO should hint Pantagruel Oct 2022 #3
ABSOLUTELY ... 💙🌻🇺🇦Glory to Ukraine🇺🇦🌻💛nt Raine Oct 2022 #4
No. Other than recon missions and sabotage that can be conducted without the use of advanced Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #5
Well sure edhopper Oct 2022 #6

CanonRay

(14,105 posts)
2. They are somehow sriking deep inside Russia
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 07:49 PM
Oct 2022

An arms factory was blown up 700 miles east of Moscow. Railroad tracks running to Belarus were also blown up.

 

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)
3. NATO should hint
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 07:52 PM
Oct 2022

that to counter Russia's nuclear threats, maybe Ukraine should get back some nukes of their own. I know it's fraught with danger but Putin needs to be frightened and the Russian people need to be motivated to act against him?

 

Just A Box Of Rain

(5,104 posts)
5. No. Other than recon missions and sabotage that can be conducted without the use of advanced
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 08:54 PM
Oct 2022

NATO weaponry, it would be a blunder to support strikes inside Russia with weapons like long-range HIMARS missiles (of the sort Joe Biden has held back, and for good reason).

It might be satisfying to cheer for such actions on an internet forum, where such things don't matter, but in the real world if UKR forces used advanced NATO weaponry to hit Moscow that would massively destabilize a situation that is already precarious.

Ukraine will prevail in this conflict. Russia is in defeat. We all have a duty not to inadvertently touch off a nuclear conflict. Soviet and now Russian military doctrine has long made one exception for the use of nuclear weapons, and that is the defense of the motherland.

There is a middle path we need to tread. One that gives the ukrainians what they need to drive Putin's forces from their soil, and to endeavor to avoid a nuclear conflagration in the process.

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