War, even by proxy, remains risky.
Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on February 24, Westerners have been careful not to cross the sometimes uncertain limit of co-belligerence.
No one, either in Washington or in Europe, wanted to be dragged into a direct confrontation with Moscow.
But it was only a question, nine months ago, of slowing down the fall of Ukraine and of sanctioning Russia.
Since then, the forces of President Volodymyr Zelensky have prevailed on the ground.
Victory seems within reach.
On condition, perhaps, of additional aid which systematically threatens to turn into a spiral.
On Tuesday, the staffs saw themselves on the edge of the precipice when two deaths were to be deplored in Poland, hit by a missile or its debris.
Warsaw, the Pentagon and NATO then assured that it was the accidental consequences of a Ukrainian interception shot.
If he had been of Russian origin, intentional or not, the consequences…
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