How it started on Sunday:
How it's going on Tuesday:
Totally unrelated question:
How far do you think Joe Biden would go to get revenge on the people who forced him out of office ... and to keep Donald Trump from retaking the White House?
From that CNBC link:
Kyiv appeared to waste little time after reportedly being given the go-ahead by Washington Sunday to use U.S.-made ATACMS missiles against specific targets. Ukrainian news outlets reported early Tuesday that the missiles had been used to attack a Russian military facility in the Bryansk border region.
Russia then confirmed the attack, with the Ministry of Defense stating that Ukrainian forces had 'struck a facility in [the] Bryansk region' using six ballistic, American-made ATACMS missiles. The ministry claimed air defense missile systems had shot down five of the missiles, and damaged another.
Russia said there was no damage or casualties caused by the missiles (that's the only answer we were going to get either way).
In response, Putin signed an "updated nuclear doctrine" that changes the country's policy regarding the use of nuclear weapons.
The doctrine also stated that Russia may use nuclear weapons in the event of a critical threat to its sovereignty and territorial integrity (and that of its ally, Belarus) and that the launch of ballistic missiles against Russia would be seen among the conditions that could warrant a response using nuclear weapons.
Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov was asked on Tuesday if the use of American missiles would meet the threshold for a nuclear response.
Here was his reply:
You will be able to read the paragraphs yourself, but in general it also states that the Russian Federation reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression with the use of conventional weapons against it or the Republic of Belarus, which creates a critical threat to sovereignty or territorial integrity. Aggression against the Russian Federation by any non-nuclear state with the participation or support of a nuclear state is considered a joint attack.
A reminder of what Donald Trump wants:
So again, I have to ask: How far do you think Joe Biden and the "we've got to defeat Russia at all costs" crowd will go before Donald Trump gets back into office?
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