SG Analysis: Ukraine did not attack Russia with ATACMS missiles last night . The US did!
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Everyone's reports, both CNN and RT.
Might not be true, but it's the best we have.
Putin already stated that the ATACMS was a red line. Because of the systems complexity, codes, and personnel operational requirements, any use of this system on Russia would have to be done by the US, and that would indicate direct involvement of the US in this conflict. There is no way that Ukraine would be operating this system. Besides, it also says that the US had already been placing the system prior to the announcement the other day. How long would it take to ship the ATACMS and set it up? Sounds like they made the decision to send them some time ago - the public only recently heard about it. Sounds like the administration is trying to plant a land mine for Trump.
I stand corrected. ATACMS have been there, but Ukraine was not allowed to use them to attack the Russian interior - until now. The disputed territories of Donbass and Luhansk being annexed as part of the Russian Federation is not internationally recognized as they are technically still considered part of Ukraine. Therefore the use of ATACMS in these areas is considered an attack on the Russian occupation of Ukrainian territories.
Putin's red line however involved use of these systems to attack the interior of Russia proper and not their use in the Russian occupied territories. Putin made it very clear that they would consider their use to to attack the Russian interior as a direct attack by the US on Russia. As Putin spelled out, the reason is because operation of these systems requires direct American involvement.
Just because Russia declares these areas to be part of the Russian Federation does not make it so - they are disputed lands as they were part of Ukraine. Both sides of this conflict lay claim to those lands and each side has valid points for their claims. That is why they are at war. A peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine would hopefully settle the land dispute issue if agreed to by both sides in this conflict.
and they never lie. Any chance they named the source?