Ukraine sets up military office in Russia as incursion grows
www.bbc.com
The office has been created "on the territories controlled by Ukraine", says its top military chief.

Ukrainian Gen Oleksandr Syrsky said the office would “maintain law and order” and “meet the immediate needs” of the population in the area.

In a video posted on social media, Gen Syrsky is seen telling a meeting chaired by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the office has been created “on the territories controlled by Ukraine”.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    233·
    3 months ago

    There is, however, still one big restriction. No Western country has given Kyiv the green light to use their long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia.

    Just let them strike in Russia already! FFS EU and USA, what are you waiting for?

    • kerrigan778@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      3 months ago

      Well, looks like soon they’ll be able to just use their short range missiles to strike targets inside Russia.

    • superkretEnglish
      101·
      3 months ago

      The long range missiles put Moscow in range.
      The fear is that bombing Moscow would put Putin in a “nothing-left-to-lose” situation which would make the use of nukes more likely.

      • iLove@programming.devEnglish
        8·
        3 months ago

        With that logic, were Ukraine as successful as advancing close towards Moscow, the West would need to hinder the advance in order to calm the Kremlin down to prevent nuclear war.

        • superkretEnglish
          6·
          3 months ago

          Yes, conquering Russia isn’t Ukraine’s or the West’s war goal. If Ukraine starts trying, you can be sure the West will withdraw all support.

      • Steve@startrek.websiteEnglish
        7·
        3 months ago

        Plot twist, someone scrambled all the launch codes after the last almost-ww3 incident, Russia has no functional nukes.

    • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      So send a small platoon in, plant a flag saying “this is now Ukraine” and then send the long range missle to blow up that spot and say “we were just using them inside Ukraine”.

      (Sorry, NCD leaking there)