Saturday, 23 November 2024

Ukraine's ATACMS Strike On Russia Comes After Putin Lowers Threshold For Nukes

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About a day after President Biden authorized Ukraine to use the long-range US-made MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System to strike deeper into Russian territory, a new report suggests that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have hit a military installation in the western Bryansk region. This comes after Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia's nuclear weapons doctrine was changed and signed by President Vladimir Putin, indicating "the use of Western non-nuclear rockets by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against Russia can prompt a nuclear response." 

"For the first time, Ukraine's Defense Forces struck Russian territory with ATACMS ballistic missiles," RBC Ukraine news agency reported Tuesday. 

RBC Ukraine said the military facility near the city of Karachev in the Bryansk region was successfully hit with ATACMS. This location was about 115 kilometers (71 miles) from the border with Ukraine.

"Indeed, for the first time, we used ATACMS to strike Russian territory. The strike was carried out against a facility in the Bryansk region, and it was successfully hit," one source told the local media outlet. 

Separately, media outlet Kyiv Post stated the 67th arsenal of the Main Directorate of the Missile and Artillery Directorate of Russia was hit. The facility reportedly had large stockpiles of anti-aircraft missiles, munitions for multiple launch rocket systems, artillery ammunition, and guided bombs, much of which was supplied by North Korea.

Kyiv Post noted:

Russian media sources, including residents on social networks, reported explosions coming from within the Karachev district, and suggesting that a "military base" was being attacked. The Russian Astra Telegram channel shared videos of the incident, while local reports said that there had been strikes on this arsenal in late 2023 and again in June and October this year.

Bloomberg revealed more details about the attack:

Russian Defense Ministry confirmed Ukrainian armed forces launched a strike with US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles at a military object in Bryansk region on the border with Ukraine, Interfax reports. 

  • 5 missiles were shot down, 1 damaged; no casualties reported
  • Missile debris caused fire in a military installation

    • Here's alleged footage of the strike:

    Earlier, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that President Vladimir Putin signed new changes to Russia's nuclear weapons doctrine. 

    Peskov said the new modifications signify "the use of Western non-nuclear rockets by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against Russia can prompt a nuclear response." 

    Peskov's comments were made shortly after President Biden approved Ukraine's use of ATACMS against military targets deep inside Russia. 

    Additionally, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed the nuclear doctrine, stating that the threshold for using nuclear weapons has been lowered, during an event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.

    Lavrov asserted that Russia's position is that nuclear war won't happen, and that fundamentally Russian nuclear doctrine doesn't differ from the United States' - which sees nukes as a 'deterrent'. But still, he added, Russia will "react accordingly" to Ukraine firing a US long-range missile.

    In markets, US equity futures and European equities fell on the news. 

    Global bonds climbed on World War III threats. The yield on the US 10-year slid about seven basis points to 4.34% & dollar surged. 

    "The market reaction is logical, one could feel already yesterday that the tension, was rising," said Andrea Tueni, head of sales trading at Saxo Banque France, who was quoted by Bloomberg, adding, "For the moment the market reaction is contained, some are still in a wait-and see- mode."

    Even though the Russian leader warned the US and its European allies against using ATACMS against Russian military facilities within its borders, which could spark a direct conflict, the Biden-Harris team of warmongers and the Europeans continued pushing the world closer to World War III.

    One of Harris' biggest supporters... 

    Meanwhile, Donald Trump Jr. views this ultra-dangerous ploy by the lame-duck Biden administration as a move by radical far-left Democrats in the White House to push the world dangerously closer to WW3 before his father takes office. 

    "The Military Industrial Complex seems to want to make sure they get World War 3 going before my father has a chance to create peace and save lives," he said on X Sunday.

    Users on the prediction market platform website Polymarket have bid up the contract "Will a nuclear weapon detonate in 2024?" from 11% at 0400 ET to around 18% at 0930 ET. 

    Polymarket has made betting on binary events in the news cycle possible...

    Trump ends Ukraine war by first 90 days?

    Ukraine hits Moscow before 2025?

    Russian nuke in space in 2024?

    God help us all. 


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