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Home / Ukraine-Russia / The U.S. increases the risk of war with Russia
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June 14, 2024

The U.S. increases the risk of war with Russia

By Daniel Davis

Last week, U.S. Senator J.D. Vance took to X to warn that when Biden authorized Ukraine to use U.S. weapons to strike targets in Russia, he believes, “the risk of nuclear war is (now) higher now than at any point in my lifetime. Biden is sleepwalking into World War 3.”

He’s not wrong.

Washington is on a course that is increasing the risk of war with Russia, whether by means of mistake, miscalculation, or misinterpretation.

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