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The original was posted on /r/ukrainianconflict by /u/Watcher_2023 on 2024-05-16 14:49:01+00:00.

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[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago

"We have not encouraged or enabled strikes outside of Ukraine, but ultimately Ukraine has to make decisions for itself about how it's going to conduct this war," said Blinken, opening up the possibility of Western military materiel being used against Russian units located beyond Ukraine's borders.

This is actually pretty big. Kiev driving 2 himars to the north one with gmlrs and one atacms variant and the Belgorod region is pretty much f-ed

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 14 points 4 months ago

Dumb that it is ruled out to begin with

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 4 points 4 months ago

No it didn’t.

Hints aren’t policy.

Clickbait

[-] realitista@lemm.ee 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I think when a senior official like this says something, it's pretty close to being policy. It's kind of like a "soft launch" of the policy. He wouldn't have said it if the US didn't plan on going through with it.

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 12 points 4 months ago

Maybe I’m jaded and wrong, but I will believe it when I see it

[-] realitista@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

You certainly have every right to being skeptical of the US pulling its finger out by this point in the war given the pace they've been going so far.

[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago
[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Plausible deniability

[-] fuckingkangaroos@lemm.ee 13 points 4 months ago

Coming from the guy who represents the US on the world stage it means something.

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 0 points 4 months ago

It would if they announced it, but hey, maybe I’m wrong.

I would like to be wrong about these things more often

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