Russia said, “Don’t do it” and so, of course, we did it. I’m talking about using long-range missiles to strike deep into Russian territory.
A huge ammunition depot was struck causing enormous explosions. The scuttlebutt is that Ukraine or NATO “advisers” launched AGM-158 cruise missiles from F16’s. It seems entirely unlikely that the long-range precision and explosive power were achieved by some rinky-dink homegrown Ukrainian ‘drones.’ But eve if it were, they’d need help from NATO satellites for targeting and routing.
Either way, it’s exactly what Putin was referring to when he said “Don’t do that.”
So they did it.
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