I always thought that nuclear war would occur with almost no warning. I never would have guessed we would slowly stumble toward it, escalation after escalation.

But here we go…

For the positive thinkers out there, maybe it stays conventional, like in Red Storm Rising. Here’s to hoping!

Via: ZeroHedge:

Ukraine is touting that it has launched a successful airstrike by fighter jet inside Russian territory, Sky News is reporting, which is a significant first of the conflict. An unidentified Ukrainian military source described to the UK outlet that an air-launched missile strike was conducted inside Russia’s Belgorod region Sunday, hitting a “Russian command node”.

Sky News raised the likelihood that a Western-supplied missile was used in the attack, highlighting that it comes soon after Western allies including the US greenlighted Kiev’s use of NATO-supplied munitions to attack inside Russia.

“It was not immediately clear what type of munition was used in the attack, including whether or not it had been a Western weapon,” the report said.

The Ukrainian military source told Sky: “A Ukrainian Air Force (UAF) mission has struck a Russian command node in Belgorod.”

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