WWIII Watch: Ukraine Uses US Weapons To Strike In Russian Territory

In fairness, as I’ve said, this is war. If one nation is striking in the territory of another, well, that country should strike back in the other nation’s territory. Of course, since Ukraine is using US weapons to strike a nation that has nuclear weapons with a nutjob in charge who has threatened to use them, it’s rather dangerous

Ukraine strikes into Russia with US weapons for first time, official says

Ukraine has struck inside of Russia with U.S. weapons for the first time since permission was granted by the Biden administration last week, according to a Ukrainian official.

Ukrainian parliament member Yehor Cherniev confirmed that U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) have hit Russian logistics and artillery locations inside of Russia near Ukraine’s northeast region of Kharkiv, where Moscow is conducting an offensive.

“We have already achieved some success and forced the Russians to stop shelling the city,” said Cherniev, the deputy chairman of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence in Ukraine’s parliament, in a text message. “Also, thanks to the HIMARS strikes, we managed to reduce the offensive potential of Russian troops in this area.”

Unconfirmed videos shared on Russian Telegram sites appeared to show the aftermath of a HIMARS strike that caused an explosion in the Belgorod region of Russia, which borders Kharkiv.

The New York Times first reported that U.S. weapons were used in Russia.

Now just imagine that it was Trump in office: the NY Times and all the other Credentialed Media would be screeching about how this is going to lead to WWIII. The editorials and op-eds would be yammering about warmonger and doom, saying we should all stock up on anti-radiation pills, and just general unhinged. Now? No big deal. Even as they yammered about how bad Putin.

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