Bankir and his men have been trying to fight off Russian attacks along the Ukrainian front lines for more than two years. But it’s only now that they are finally able to strike where it hurts: Inside Russia’s own territory.

The newly granted permission by the United States and other allies to use Western weapons to strike inside Russia has had a huge impact, Bankir said. “We have destroyed targets inside Russia, which allowed for several successful counteroffensives. The Russian military can no longer feel impunity and security,” the senior officer in Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) told CNN. For security reasons, he asked to be identified by his call sign only.

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    1 month ago

    The critical part is actually “without Putin escalating with nukes.”

    It doesn’t even have to be a nuclear response. Russia still has plenty of conventional munitions to throw into this war and Ukraine still has plenty of infrastructure left to be demolished.

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      ‘plenty of conventional munitions’

      None that they’d be willing to part with, without creating some holes in their national defence structure.

      Everything else has been sent to the front

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        1 month ago

        I’ve been hearing this practically since the war started. “Russia out of ammo, Ukrainian victory is assured!” headlines have been coming out for years.