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by journey_16162 1315 days ago
What do you expect them to do, send a rocket back? If the rockets hit anything of value, it would not be plausible to say that it was an accident anymore and then it's a an entirely different situation. Also it took 9 months for something like this to happen, if it happens again within a short time frame, then it's also different. For now, maybe they could retaliate with the equipment, like providing Ukraine with those fighter jets.
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If it turns out to be a Russian missile, then I expect expedited weapons shipment as bare minimum. Ukraine needs long-range missiles to hit back and take out Russian military sites and critical infrastructure, tit for tat. The current situation with long-range missiles mirrors the situation with artillery in June. Underequipped Ukranian army suffered heavily under Russian fire, but after they got modern artillery, they successfully suppressed Russians, and instead of escalation that many feared, we got de-escalation: Russia eventually abandoned Kharkiv, Izyum, Kherson. Long-range missiles, modern jets and modern tanks are needed to push them back even more. Battlefield victory over Russia is the only way to lasting peace.