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Ukraine Has Every Right To Hit Russians in Russia With US Weapons
Washington insists that the most effective U.S.-supplied artillery systems in Ukraine should be aimed strictly within Ukrainian territory. Not only are these restrictions holding back Ukraine militarily, they are also inconsistent and ultimately illogical.
![Ukraine’s Strikes Behind Enemy Lines Are Paying Off](https://newlinesmag.com/wp-content/uploads/Kremlinwb.jpg)
Ukraine’s Strikes Behind Enemy Lines Are Paying Off
Ukraine’s ability to project power well behind a 1,000-mile line of contact has grown nearly exponentially since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion last year.
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Russians See Ukrainian Progress Where Others Don’t
Having serially outperformed expectations, Ukraine finds itself in the unenviable position of having gone from scrappy underdog to victim of its own mythologized success.
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Damning Evidence: Russia’s Culpability in Ukraine’s Biggest Ecological Disaster Since Chernobyl
The most compelling evidence is the growing consensus that what destroyed the dam was an explosion, not failure due to poor maintenance while being occupied by the Russians or the exceptionally high water levels in the Kakhovka Reservoir in the days leading up to the failure. The dam and hydroelectric power plant were captured on Feb. 24, 2022, in the early stages of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They have been in Russian possession ever since.