DONETSK OBLAST – Gasping for air from a trench in eastern Ukraine, an infantryman was ready for the worst when a suffocating white smoke spread into his position.
A Russian drone had just dropped a gas grenade into the trench, an internationally banned practice in warfare used to suffocate Ukrainian soldiers
With Russia using chem weapons, the allied countries need to drop limitations on the use of weapons by Ukraine and increase weapons shipments. That will send a clear signal that this shit won’t be tolerated.
Biden won’t because he’s an ossified boomer and still thinks of Russia in CW1 terms. Unfortunately, I think the earliest chance of a significant positive change in US policy vis a vis Ukraine will come after Harris is sworn in. It’s deeply frustrating, because I very much understand the tactical exigencies of the current situation, but Biden is more or less (wrongheadedly) paralyzed in that sense.