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Under Pressure, Biden Allows Ukraine to Use U.S. Weapons to Strike Inside Russia (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The permission from Mr. Biden is intended solely for Ukraine to strike military sites in Russia being used to attack the Kharkiv area, U.S. officials said.

kinda hard to not see this as a proxy war with russia with verbiage like this

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 44 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, it is. A years long war of attrition instead of full on boots on the ground is great business for everyone except Ukraine.

[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago

Between this and Israel, the American military industrial complex is well fed and well employed. “More war” they say