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Inside Ukraine’s Breakthrough Missile Deal

Inside Ukraine’s Breakthrough Missile Deal

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Each produced arguments over delivery, escalation, Western stockpiles, training, and usage restrictions. Moscow threatened consequences with nearly every delivery, but the weapons eventually arrived, Ukrainians learned to use them, and most of the supposed dangerous thresholds passed without the wider war Russia had threatened.That is why Burnham’s announcement matters beyond the missile itself. Ukraine has a geographic problem obvious to anyone looking at a map: Russia is a land of eleven time zones, so it possesses enormous strategic depth; Ukraine does not have that geography.

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Inside Ukraine’s Breakthrough Missile DealThe new defense cooperation agreement with the U.K. is less about the war now than about European security for the next generation.Mark HertlingAugust 27Upgrade to listen7 minutes2583819(Photo illustration by Bill Kuchman/The Bulwark | Photos: Getty, Shutterstock)WHEN BRITISH PRIME MINISTER ANDY BURNHAM paid his first visit to Ukraine on Monday, he brought more than best wishes for Ukraine’s Independence Day. He also brought a remarkable announcement: Britain will share classified technical information that Ukraine needs to eventually assemble the Storm Shadow long-range stealthy cruise missile (called SCALP in the French version).In exchange, Britain will gain access to Ukraine’s extraordinary collection of battlefield data and combat lessons…

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