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War in Ukraine – ATACMS strikes will not stop the Russians, but Putin’s nuclear threats are losing force – UNIAN
It is expected that Putin will again resist further escalation.
US President Joe Biden's new decisions on military assistance to Ukraine and Russia's use of its nuclear arsenal are unlikely to significantly change the trajectory of the war, The New Yorker writes.
In particular, as the article notes, there are doubts that Ukraine's use of ATACMS and other long-range missiles to strike targets on Russian territory will greatly affect the course of hostilities.
“It may slow down the Russians, but not dramatically,” said a Ukrainian military source. “You don't improve your position on the battlefield with missiles. You do it with infantry. And that's where we have the biggest…