Russia and Ukraine

[Irreligious Atheist]

I don’t think Ukraine asked for permission (I have no evidence either way, it just seems unlikely).

I think someone who told the US that "i need ammo, not a ride", wont ask the US for permission for anything in the foreseeable future.
In any case that would be less of an escalation than pressuring Belarus into invading Ukraine as well. That would be....hold on, ANOTHER MASSIVE FUCKING ESCALATION.

Still, by continuing to finance the war, whether the US gave permission or not, they are culpable by continuing to send Ukraine weapons, and Russia is justified if they held the position that they are at war with the United States and NATO, and therefore NATO basically attacked their nuclear triad. Not good at all. Tensions were bad enough before, but now NATO is either condoning or giving permission directly for attacks on Russian bases.