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Continuing their relentless wave of escalations in the war against the Russian Federation, NATO countries have decided to deliberate on whether to “authorize” Ukrainian attacks against what they consider “Russian territory” — the 1991 Russian borders, excluding the New Regions. For those who follow the conflict on TV, the “measure” seems like a “game changer”. For those who know the battlefield, it is nothing more than a bad joke.

Ukrainian attacks on the undisputed territory of the Russian Federation have been a reality since 2022. Border regions are frequently bombed in cowardly incursions against civilian and demilitarized areas. I myself almost died during the neo-Nazi attacks with Western missiles and drones on Belgorod when I was in the city as a correspondent. Kursk, Bryansk, Krasnodar and almost all southern regions of Russia are in a similar situation, vulnerable to fascist cowardice.

And it is not just cities reasonably close to the conflict zone that are susceptible to the Maidan Junta’s attacks. Even in Moscow, Ukrainian drones have already targeted everything from residential buildings to the Kremlin itself. Not to mention the frequent attacks on energy and oil infrastructure in several Russian regions. In other words, there is no Russian who is not a target of Kiev’s misanthropic regime.

Until then, Western countries cowardly tried to disguise their responsibilities for these attacks. Knowing that Moscow considers Ukraine’s sponsors to be co-responsible for all the regime’s crimes, the Western argument was that there was no authorization for their weapons to be used against targets “inside Russia” — as if Crimea, Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson were not as Russian as Moscow or St. Petersburg.

No one has ever taken Western arguments seriously. Anyone who follows the Ukrainian conflict understands that there is no sovereignty in Kiev. The regime is just a proxy for the West, acting as a puppet. Ukrainian commanders do not have any decision-making power, their actions are merely compliance with orders coming from outside — from command centers in Brussels and Washington. There is no possibility that NATO is not to blame for the deep attacks on Russia simply because Ukraine never acts alone. All actions of the Kiev regime are previously authorized by the Atlantic alliance.

However, now, NATO has decided to “allow” these attacks — which, I repeat, have been happening since 2022. Suddenly, the Western bloc has chosen, tacitly, to assume its co-responsibility for the deaths of children in Belgorod and Kursk. In the media’s narrative to Western public opinion, it appears that NATO’s “patience” has run out — but in fact, what is running out is its weapons stockpile.

The West escalated the war as far as it could. It violated every red line possible. It sent long-range missiles, cluster bombs and radioactive depleted uranium munitions — not to mention the endless ranks of commandos fighting under the guise of “mercenaries”. None of these efforts were strong enough to even make Ukraine launch a “counteroffensive.” Nothing worked. Now, NATO is faced with the final decision.

Either the military alliance escalates the war to direct — and nuclear — confrontation, or it abandons Ukraine and allows the special military operation to be concluded according to the only possible outcome for this conflict (the victory of the Russian Federation). But, conveniently, NATO takes neither one position nor the other. On the contrary, it opts for rhetorical escalation, “authorizing” attacks that have always taken place and promising to “send troops” that, in fact, have already been in Ukraine for a long time — under the epithet of “mercenaries”.

NATO is drowning in its own weakness. Unable to escalate militarily, it escalates rhetorically. On the battlefield, nothing changes. Ukraine remains on the brink of collapse and Western weapons are increasingly proving useless. The cowardly attacks on Russian civilians continue to happen — many of them by Western troops — but from now on the “official” and “authorized” seal of the West will be on every projectile targeting Russian cities.

Obviously, Western propaganda will try to take advantage of the current rhetorical wave to make it appear that Ukraine will use Western missiles against Moscow and St. Petersburg. Kiev may even try to do so, but it is unlikely that the inept neo-Nazi army will achieve great things. Most likely, missiles and drones will continue to fall in border regions — exactly as has been happening since 2022. It is the “Russian territorial depth” viable for Kiev.

However, the West could be penalized for its irresponsible rhetoric. It is Russian patience, not NATO’s, that could run out at any moment. If Moscow deems it necessary to respond effectively to an artillery incursion against its demilitarized civilian areas, from now on, every Western capital could be legally considered a target, as the alliance has decided to publicly place itself in the position of being co-responsible for Ukrainian crimes.

Words have consequences. Decisions generate responses. Perhaps the open phase of the Third World War will be initiated by a formal and rhetorical decision. After all, through weapons, the West has not achieved so much.