With permission from the U.S., Ukraine fired a barrage of six ATACMS missiles Tuesday. At least some of those missiles hit a Russian ammunition depot located about 70 miles inside Russia, according to a Reuters story.
The attack came on day 1,000 since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Reacting to Ukraine’s missile attack, military analyst Bob Maginnis told Fox News there is no justifiable reason for the Biden administration to green light the use of ATACMS on Russian targets.
“ATACMS are not going to make a major difference, quite frankly,” Maginnis said, “but what it will do is put Mr. Trump, as he assumes the presidency, in a much worse situation.”
Maginnis, who studies national security at the Family Research Council, recently told AFN he predicts Trump will pull Russia and Ukraine into a truce after taking office. If that happens, Russia will probably keep some of the border provinces it is occupying but NATO will also establish a permanent military presence in Ukraine, he said.
One day after winning the election, Trump talked to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
At about the same time the ATACMS missiles were hitting a Russian arms depot, Putin was signing his name to an updated nuclear policy in a clear warning to NATO. The revised doctrine states that any attack on Russia, if the attack is supported by a country with nuclear weapons, is grounds for a nuclear response from Russia.
In a related AFN story, published Sept. 30, Putin ominously warned NATO two months he was considering a revised nuclear policy after learning NATO intended to give Ukraine long-range artillery. Ukraine’s military is “not capable” of using cutting-edge military technology without direct help, Putin said at the time, which means NATO is directly involved in any future attacks.
Aware of Putin’s direct threat two months ago, Maginnis also told Fox News the ATACMS attack could “enrage” Putin and escalate the war.
“You have the makings of a much larger war,” Maginnis warned.
Reacting to Ukraine’s missile attack, The Blaze host Auron MacIntyre says the United States is currently engaged in a “proxy war” with Russia.
“We are functionally at war with Russia,” MacIntyre told American Family Radio. “Ukraine would not be continuing its efforts. It certainly would not be firing missiles into Russia without our assistance.”
U.S. Air Force veteran Eric Lionheart, a decorated Special Forces combat controller, tells AFN he believes Biden’s decision is setting the stage for World War 3.
“And Joe Biden is not going to deal with it,” he says. “President Trump is going to deal with it.”
