THE FIGARO EDITORIAL – Joe Biden's decision to authorize the Ukrainians to use American missiles against military targets in Russia above all allows Westerners to clear their conscience.
Westerners pride themselves on having always kept their strategic course in Ukraine. Tactically, however, they kept changing positions. Just recently, Joe Biden ruled out the idea of authorizing the Ukrainians to strike targets in Russia using American ATACMS cruise missiles, judging the risk of Russian retaliation disproportionate to the military gains for Ukraine.
The weekend's massive air raids against the country's energy infrastructure, the imminence of a Russian offensive to retake the Kursk region, partially invaded since August, and the presence of 10,000 North Korean soldiers alongside Vladimir's troops Putin seems to have changed his mind.
The price of resistance and that of surrender
Can these long-range weapons change the course of the war, at a time when kyiv is losing ground on several fronts? The precision and lightning speed of ATACMS make them a valuable asset against logistics lines and…
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