Firing Western missiles deep into Russia territory is the irretrievable step into World War III. From Martin Jay at strategic-culture.su:
It’s hard not to see Zelensky’s obsession with the Storm Shadows for what it is: a panic attack.
Time is really running out for Zelensky in Ukraine. A more recent obsession with long-range missiles and Ukraine’s permission to use them has made the headlines of late and an upcoming meeting in Washington DC with President Biden is now the subject for journalists. Zelensky is expected to put his case in person to Biden, but will also meet Trump later and invite him to visit Kiev. He will beg once again permission to use UK-made Storm Shadow missiles at Russian military targets within Russia, following a week of hyped up press reporting falsely claiming that Biden was about to give approval.
It’s hard to interpret the hype or its objective as now that the excitement has ebbed, we are left with some harsh realities which must be praying on Zelensky, as, neither a Trump victory nor a Harris one bodes well for him.
The volume of military aid being shipped to the Ukraine is woefully low and reports of a downed F-16 and a Kursk campaign which has cost Ukraine heavily bear witness to the overall problem that Zelensky has: logistically both with equipment and soldiers, the Ukrainians are simply outnumbered and outclassed by Russia.
Zelensky knows this and has had to deal with six government ministers leaving abruptly his cabinet after what appears to be a failing strategy on all fronts, not least Kursk.
But he will waste his time dealing with either Biden or Harris.
Joe Biden has a number of black dogs looking him in the eyes from the Ukraine dossier and the last thing he wants for his own foreign policy trail of havoc legacy is a world war with Russia – which is surely what would happen if the Storm Shadows were deployed. Biden did hint though he might allow Ukraine to use French or British-made storm missiles but not with the blessing of the U.S., which is nonsensical given that some of the components are actually made in America.
Biden has three main areas of concern about the Storm Shadows.
Zelensky isn’t asking for permission to use the missiles, he is asking for US personnel to operate the systems.