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Ukraine striking Russia to lead to nuclear confrontation, analyst says

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 2 Jun 2024 12:02
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The United States allowing Ukraine to attack Russia will lead to a nuclear confrontation and a possible all-out collapse of NATO and the EU.

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  • In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on April 20, 2022, a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Plesetsk in northwestern Russia (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
    In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on April 20, 2022, a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Plesetsk in northwestern Russia (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

US President Joe Biden taking the decision to allow Ukraine to attack Russian soil using US-supplied weapons exposes the deep political confusion and disarray within the United States, veteran Defense Department analyst and retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik.

"This decision is a continued sign of political disarray in Washington and within NATO leadership. The Biden administration is praying that Ukraine can continue some kind of resistance until early November," Kwiatkowski said in reference to the upcoming US election.

US President Joe Biden recently lifted restrictions on Ukraine's use of US-supplied weapons against targets in Russian territory, though officials claim that Biden made the move "only to defend the under-fire" Kharkov region against Russian forces.

The State Department clarified that the US has not authorized the use of long-range missiles, including ATACMS, inside Russia.

The decision clearly reflects that Biden is concerned Ukraine would have totally collapsed by the time the elections take place, Kwiatkowski said, and the Democrat would have nothing to show for the hundreds of billions of dollars he spent on Ukraine, so he is desperately willing to use any means possible to keep Ukraine standing until then, even if it meant risking a nuclear war with Russia.

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"This political disarray, disorganization, and frustration has been obvious and growing as the militarily and economically weak Western coalition of the partially willing walks the tightrope of a proxy war against a nuclear power," Kwiatkowski said.

"This shift in Biden policy on Ukraine's use of US weapons inside Russia, around Kharkov only for now, is escalatory. It unleashes the Russian military as well, to bring a swift end to this war through force, rather than negotiation," Kwiatkowski said.

"A darker and just as possible strategy by the US administration is that they wish to incite a major Russian response to the US-UK-France Ukrainian escalation of a doomed war effort," the defense analyst underlined. "Best case for Biden, he is able to oversee a nuclear crisis that allows him to cancel or suspend elections, or otherwise silence his American critics in a time of nuclear 'war,'" she added.

Kwiatkowski, however, underlined that it would backfire in the face of the United States, not in a possible nuclear confrontation but in a strategic nightmare for the US, which is through the complete collapse of the European Union and NATO. "This latest Biden decision tells us he wants more Ukrainians to die and he wants the end of Ukraine as a wholly abstract problem," Kwiatkowski concluded in her interview with the Russian news agency.

Escalating western positions

French President Emmanuel Macron, during a state visit to Germany, advocated for Ukraine's right to "neutralize" Russian military bases used to launch missile attacks against Ukraine.

Speaking at a press conference alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on May 28, Macron emphasized that Ukraine should be able to target military sites but cautioned against striking other targets in Russia, especially civilian infrastructure.

"We think that we should allow them to neutralize military sites where missiles are fired, from where Ukraine is attacked," Macron stated. However, he added, "We should not allow them to touch other targets in Russia, and obviously civilian capacities."

NATO, in fact, joined in, also requesting that Kiev be permitted to strike inside Russia, with Stoltenberg stressing that Ukraine being denied "the possibility of using these weapons against legitimate military targets on Russian territory makes it very hard for them to defend themselves."

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