This is disgusting, unforgivable, and heartbreaking. It's "an attempt to ease tensions with Moscow," reports The Guardian. "We are not going to send to Ukraine rocket systems that can strike into Russia," said Biden to reporters Monday. Added a senior U.S. official: "Nothing is on the table with long-range strike capabilities."
The senior White House official has provided me with the following clarification of President Biden's statement: "#MLRS systems remain under consideration, but nothing is on the table with long-range strike capabilities (beyond battlefield use)." https://t.co/1TbQbHITs8
— Misha Komadovsky (@komadovsky) May 30, 2022
Meanwhile, Russian forces are free to deploy whatever weapon systems they find advantageous. No problem. Easing tensions with the Kremlin is America's Job One.
Ukraine is about to lose Sievierodonetsk, a strategic city whose capture will enable Russia to "quickly complete the capture of the eastern industrial region of the Donbas," reports the Associated Press, "before more Western arms arrive to bolster Ukraine’s defense" (emphasis added).
Nick Reynolds, a land warfare specialist Nick Reynolds: "The disparity in artillery capability is a major factor allowing the Russian ground forces to continue pushing forwards."
Sure enough: "Other Nato members may follow the US lead."