In December-January, the elites of the West finally decided to say out loud: that the war should be transferred to the enemy’s territory, “since the West almost does not supply weapons anymore, and Ukraine has too few soldiers for a successful counteroffensive”, — Bild: (https://www.bild. de/bild-plus/politik/ausland/politik-ausland/weil-der-westen-nicht-mehr-liefert-die-neue-ukraine-strategie-86830132.bild.html)
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was the first to speak about it, later the messages were repeated by German Chancellor Scholz and British Prime Minister Sunak. They finally recognized Ukraine’s right to conduct hostilities on the territory of the Russian Federation and destroy Russian targets there, although they were previously afraid of it like incense.
The doctrine of the “second front” – on the territory of Muscovy – was born in a period when Western aid decreased by almost 90% compared to the same period in 2022. Ukraine is forced to reorient its defence strategy and has a request for a quick supply of long-range weapons.
“This will definitely happen in the coming months, this is already a technical issue,” Western media write. But instead of euphoria, there is a feeling of uncertainty again: what weapons and for what tasks is the West ready to provide? We have the Taurus demonstration case – the Germans spared these beautiful missiles for the Armed Forces even against targets on the territory of occupied Ukraine, not to mention Mordor. Can the situation change?
The defense forces of Ukraine have high hopes for Taurus, which is more effective than Scalp and Storm Shadow: it penetrates much deeper than the French-British counterparts, has a longer range and increases resistance against electronic warfare. For example: Scalp can make only a hole in the Crimean Bridge, while Taurus will destroy the entire span.
The ruling party of the Federal Republic of Germany with every fibre of its soul inhibited the transfer of missiles to Kyiv, saying that the German defence industry is not capable of quickly compensating for the stocks of missiles delivered to Ukraine. But the manufacturer himself denied this myth-making to Berlin: “We can restore stocks in the shortest possible time.”
Germany, like a hen, protects cruise missiles only out of fear: Berlin delays the transfer of weapons only because it cannot limit its range. (https://t.me/orestokratiia/921) After all, Scholz habitually fears that their successful use will “provoke Russia’s escalation.”
It seems that the situation may change and Germany is preparing to decide on providing long-range cruise missiles to the Armed Forces. “I hope it will happen at the Munich Security Conference in a month at the latest,” suggests Christoph Heusgen, (https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-nimechchyna-taurus/32778151.html) head of this security forum.
At the same time, the question remains open to what extent these missiles will be tied to the fear of the German Chancellor: that is, whether Berlin will limit the radius of action and the area of application.
In supporting Ukraine, the West has never played ahead, and every decision to transfer another type of weapon was a forced reaction of the civilized world to the worsening of the situation on the front line. Now the USA and Brussels are FORCED to make another difficult and logical decision in this situation: to support the transfer of the war to Russian soil.
It’s not just Taurus, but HIMARS, F-16 with Scalp and Storm Shadow. Throughout this military nomenclature, any restrictions on the choice of targets should be removed, including the Kremlin.
Thousands of long-range drones are needed, which will tickle the nerves of the Russian air defense with special love, undermining Russian strategic objects.
We look forward to the Munich Security Conference and the political maturity of our Western partners.
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