Long-range weapons for Ukraine: Putin’s red line? | To the Point

Ukraine wants to use long-range weapons to ward off attacks from Russian territory. Its western allies are divided on whether that’s a risk worth taking.

Ukraine’s President is pushing to use long-range missiles like British Storm Shadows or American ATACMs to target air bases and launch sites IN Russia. But Western allies are hesitating – in the face of stark warnings from Moscow. And meanwhile, Russia is again gaining ground in Donetsk and the Kursk Oblast. We’re asking: Long-range weapons for Ukraine: Putin’s red line?

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
02:43 A hesitant American approach from the beginning?
04:00 Russia might react by supplying Yemen’s Houthis with long-range missiles
4:53: Clip – Long-range missile systems: How important are they for Ukraine?
6:30 Our discussions last too long, that gives Russia time to act
07:40 Ukrainian self-made Drones can also hit Russian air fields
08:30 Western aid too little, too piecemeal, too late?
09:11 Putin has not achieved his goals
10:15 A victory by Russia would embolden other international actors
11:25 If the West wants to bring Putin to the negotiation table more pressure needs to be applied
12:50 Speed is of the essence
13:18 How divided are western allies?
14:00 Some allies’ hesitation to support Ukraine reflects domestic politics
15:50 Could Russian retaliation include use of tactical nuclear weapons?
18:00 Clip: A Russian counteroffensive in Kursk
19:00 Was the Kursk incursion a mistake? (AW: Gathmann)
21:15 How precarious is the Ukrainian situation? (AW Lange)
23:00 Military production capacity – is Russia vastly outproducing the West?
24:00 When is the right time for political talks?
25:00 Long range missile delivery: Yes but with a clear strategic objective

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25 comments

  2. Long-range weapons for ukriane to attack russia basically require support of satellite in space, and if this is done, russia will surely know that the west is directly involves in the war in a more dangerous or extreme manner. So, what russia would do (more likely to happen):
    a) russia could try to destroy western satellite in space;
    b) russia could use ballistic missiles to attack any western country providing long-range weapons to ukraine;
    c) all-out war or world war could potentially break out then;
    d) somehow like north korea or china, russia has strong spirit of patriotism, morale, unity, sacrifices, etc.

    In short, if the west increases military support for ukraine at a higher plane, there will surely world war.

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    @hogar1965 • 9h ago
    Because Russia don't need other counties satelite help fir using of weapons, but Ucraine do. So if your satellit are used to coordinate atack on Russia, you are part of the war, and you can be atacked too.
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  5. Well, we have seen how escalation works:

    Ukraine gets tanks and Patriots, Russia takes out their power grid.
    Ukraine bombs a building, Russia destroys a city.
    Ukraine bombs 2 buildings, Russia destroys 10 cities.
    Ukraine bombs a base near Moscow, Russia bombs Rammstein…
    NATO bombs Moscow, bye bye London, Washington, Paris, Berlin…

    In short, "So long and thanks for all the fish", intergalactic highway is what happens.

  6. Прошу цивілізовані західні країни зупинити війну дипломатичним шляхом, бо українська влада цього не хоче робити. А більшість пересічних людей в Україні хочуть миру та життя, а не перемоги і територій. Український народ є заручником української влади. Українська влада навіть дітей малолітніх не шкодує відбираючи у нещасних діточок рідних татусів поневолюючи їх мобілізіцією, руйнуючи цим дітям долі та психіку та доводячи цим їх та їх матерів до самгубства

  7. Ironic. Ukraine is not big enough for Russia to need to use long-range missiles, but Russia IS using long-range missiles. A number of ICBMs, designed to fly 12 thousand kilos, have been re-purposed with conventional warheads and flown a few hundred kilos into Ukraine. Some look at this and say: Look at all the resources Russia has. And others look and say: Why is Russia wasting an expensive trans-continental missile to hit local targets in Ukraine? The Russians have re-purposed S-300, S-400, and S-500 anti-aircraft systems to hit stationary ground targets like hospitals and schools, for which the radar-targeting capability is useless.

  8. Особисто мені Зеленський здаєтся кривавим диктатором, який готовий знищити мільони українців заради свого марнославства та територій .

  9. Зеленський нас вже не раз обманював. Він обіцяв нам на виборах мир, а зараз не хоче завершувати війну

  10. Putin is winning the information war against the democracies. Biden's paralyzed until the election. If Biden goes to far in aiding Ukraine the Putin/MAGA (formerly GOP) party will win election in the US. Trump in the White House again is the worst possible outcome for the democracies.

  17. Russia was so confident that the West would not allow long range missiles he decided to use his entire military to attack and nothing to defend….hence once Ukraine got its own drones to fly long range…..they have their way with Russian bases.

  21. Shame on you because you know why the war is in the first place. The lies, the double standards, and the hypocrisy are astonishing.

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