“The most important red line has been crossed already. And that was when the Russians entered Ukraine,” Mette Frederiksen says.

“The most important red line has been crossed already. And that was when the Russians entered Ukraine,” Mette Frederiksen says.

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called Monday for Ukraine’s allies to greenlight the use of donated weapons for long-range strikes against Russia.

“My suggestion is, let us end the discussion about red lines,” Frederiksen told Bloomberg in an interview that aired Monday. Ukraine’s benefactors had made a “mistake” by engaging in handwringing over Kyiv hitting targets inside Russia, she added, as doing so had given Moscow “too good a card in their hands.”

Arms-donating countries, particularly the U.S., have set restrictions on Ukraine’s use of their weapons in long-range strikes, due to fears of being dragged further into a conflict with Russia.

  • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Proving Russia isn’t a player in MAD would greatly benefit NATO’s Eurasian strategy. But we need to act as if they still are because it’s simply unknown what the extent of their nuclear capabilities are.

    I think there is good rationale on Putin’s side for not using nukes in the Ukrainian war, as there is no way to use them without downstream effects on neighboring countries. Any use of nukes in Ukraine would provoke a decisive response from NATO. That’s why NATO has been able to cross every one of Russia’s red lines so far: Russia only stands to lose if they follow through.