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Multiple reports from Western media indicate that the US government is prohibiting the United Kingdom (UK) from allowing Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles to strike military targets in Russia. The Financial Times (FT) reported on August 27 that a source familiar with the matter stated that Ukraine's use of British and French Storm Shadows may require access to American intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance in areas where Russian forces are jamming the GPS signals that the missiles use for targeting.[1] FT reported that "well-placed" sources stated that the UK government sent a request to both the US and France earlier in summer 2024 to grant Ukraine permission to use Western-provided weapons to strike military targets in Russia, and French President Emmanuel Macron stated in May 2024 that Ukraine should be allowed to strike military sites in Russia from which Russian forces attack Ukraine. The Telegraph reported on August 27 that the UK government supports Ukraine's ability to strike military targets in Russia with Storm Shadow missiles but that the missiles also use unspecified, classified American systems, whose use requires US permission.[2] The Telegraph stated in a since-deleted section of its original web article that the UK has not formally asked the US to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadows to strike military targets within Russia, and that a White House source stated that the US is concerned about how the use of the missiles — even without US approval — could escalate the situation and draw the US into the war in Ukraine.
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Institute for the Study of War

This page collects ISW and CTP's updates on the conflict in Ukraine. In late February 2022, ISW began publishing daily synthetic products covering key events related to renewed Russian aggression against Ukraine.
www.understandingwar.org www.understandingwar.org
 
Again, this word "escalation".

Aside from nuclear war, just how would it be possible for Russia to escalate this "special operation" any further than they already have in the past two and a half years?

And just how, exactly, does "Washington" think they'll be drawn into this war if Ukraine uses British weapons on Russia proper?
 
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GrauGeist said:
Again, this word "escalation".

Aside from nuclear war, just how would it be possible for Russia to escalate this "special operation" any further than they already have in the past two and a half years?

And just how, exactly, does "Washington" think they'll be drawn into this war if Ukraine uses British weapons on Russia proper?
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It's infuriating, contrasting the bravery on display in Ukraine compared to the pusillanimity shown by our own government.
 
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