Here we are again, time for a look at the 125th week of Vladimir Putin’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The big focus this past week was the storm surge after the NATO Summit.
Going into the Summit, there were mixed messages about Ukraine’s path to NATO membership and about US policy on using American weapons to hit military targets inside Russia. The NATO membership question of “if” seems pretty settled. Ukraine will become a NATO member. The “when” question is still unsettled and depends on an end of fighting and something that can plausibly be described as an armistice.
The US is still denying permission to strike targets more than 60 miles into Russia. Because of the US stance, other major NATO nations are following suit. Ukrainian officials are upbeat that this decision will change in their favor. So long as Jake Sullivan and his merry band of midwits call the…
