- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
- ukraine@sopuli.xyz
- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
- ukraine@sopuli.xyz
Russia has started using ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea to attack Ukraine, the White House has said.
Washington also alleged Russia was in talks with Iran to buy short-range ballistic missiles. The US intelligence assessment is that Iranian missiles have not yet arrived in Russia, but that the deal will eventually be done.
The US’s national security council spokesperson, John Kirby, said on Thursday that Russia fired a North Korean ballistic missile into Ukraine on 30 December, but it landed in an open field. However, Kirby said Russian forces had launched more such missiles as part of a large salvo on 2 January, and their impact had yet to be assessed.
My guesses about elongating the war are:
To my fellow leftists: I also don’t like the US, but if they lose their place, it’ll cause a power vacuum in the stage of the world leaders. This won’t bring any worker liberation (unless you count some populist economic programs that inherently will help richer workers), but the end of human rights for LGBTQ+ people, the disabled, certain less visible minorities, etc. The US falling out won’t lead to a utopian world where every country is now free to pursue its own interest, but one where the US’es place is now being fulfilled by Russia, China, etc., and we will be happy if they don’t start to fight over which country gets which part of the EU, and won’t get “parental rights” imposed upon us by force.