{"id":64450,"date":"2022-12-13T14:06:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64450"},"modified":"2022-12-13T14:06:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:06:21","slug":"us-set-to-send-ukraine-patriot-missiles-in-huge-escalation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64450","title":{"rendered":"US Set To Send Ukraine Patriot Missiles In Huge Escalation\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__Eyn7V\">\n<h3 class=\"ArticleFull_title__MEgbb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/us-send-patriot-missile-systems-ukraine-huge-escalation\">US Set To Send Ukraine Patriot Missiles In Huge Escalation\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n<footer class=\"ArticleFull_headerFooter__nkAH_\"><\/footer>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__t4rGu\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__6iJOI NodeBody_container__hI8PI\">\n<p>CNN&#8217;s chief Pentagon correspondent is reporting the breaking news based on multiple anonymous US defense officials &#8211; including a senor Biden administration official &#8211; that the White House is currently finalizing plans to send Patriot missile defense systems to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The\u00a0Biden administration\u00a0is finalizing plans to send the\u00a0Patriot missile defense system\u00a0to\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0that\u00a0<strong>could be announced as soon as this week<\/strong>, according to two US officials and a senior administration official,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/13\/politics\/us-patriot-missile-defense-system-ukraine\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>\u00a0writes.\u00a0&#8220;The three officials told CNN that\u00a0<strong>approval is expected<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img inline-images image-style-inline-images\" role=\"group\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/patriotfiledod.png?itok=rZ4SsV9R\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"fbab1148-a07d-487e-b991-81a2c26c88ee\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><figcaption><em>Patriot missile battery, DoD via AP.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-analytics-observe=\"on\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_F1E71FEC-FFCE-8379-1826-0C6A5B9DD693@published\">If approved, this could be\u00a0<strong>a tipping point in the conflict<\/strong>\u00a0leading to direct confrontation between nuclear-armed powers given transfer of Patriots would\u00a0<strong>mark the longest-range missiles sent to Ukraine thus far<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-analytics-observe=\"on\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_F1E71FEC-FFCE-8379-1826-0C6A5B9DD693@published\">Washington has so far been reluctant, despite Kiev officials since nearly the start of the invasion making repeat pleas for the US to help\u00a0<strong>&#8220;close the sky&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; as President Zelensky many months ago urged Congress.<\/p>\n<p data-analytics-observe=\"on\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_F1E71FEC-FFCE-8379-1826-0C6A5B9DD693@published\">As\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0reviewed of the dangers involved in sending\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/dec\/12\/ukraine-calls-for-patriot-missiles-to-defend-its-grid-and-stop-rise-in-refugees\">the Patriot<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-analytics-observe=\"on\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_F1E71FEC-FFCE-8379-1826-0C6A5B9DD693@published\"><em>&#8220;Long sought by the Ukrainians, the missiles have\u00a0<strong>a range of up to 300km<\/strong>, but so far the US and its allies, including the UK, have declined to supply them because they could be used to hit targets inside Russia.\u00a0<strong>Supplying them would help &#8220;bring the war to an end as soon as possible&#8221;<\/strong>, Johnson said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-analytics-observe=\"on\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_F1E71FEC-FFCE-8379-1826-0C6A5B9DD693@published\">Patriots have long been deployed in neighboring Poland, but Ukrainian leaders have been persistent in requesting them on their own soil amid a major uptick in recent Russian aerial attacks. 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