We have now reached the point in the Ukraine war that western policymakers have both hoped for and worried about for many months.
Even as they made the decision to supply Ukraine with the missiles that changed the course of the war, US officials were aware of the double-edged nature of their choice. As one of them put it back in May: “The better the Ukrainians do, the more dangerous the situation will become.”
That moment of heightened opportunity, and heightened danger, has arrived. After a series of Russian defeats, Vladimir Putin has called up more troops and once again threatened to use nuclear weapons.
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