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Washington’s (and London’s) decision to allow Ukraine to fire their missiles into Russia is a clear escalation, but the timing explains most of the puzzle underlying this decision.

It should come as no surprise that the West is running for cover, proverbially, over the apparent use of an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) to deliver a stark message over the failed use of US and British offensive weapons against the Russian Federation.

Russia’s use of its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in eastern Ukraine represents an unprecedented escalation in what began as a US proxy war against Russia in 2014.