[ought-six]

“Also how will Russia respond to this escalation?”

It would help if you defined the term.

Escalation often implies increasing force or pressure against parity, such that the escalator performs some act that would eliminate the parity, and put himself in the superior position.

That is clearly not the situation here, as Ukraine is not even close to achieving parity with Russia.

If by “escalation” you mean one side ramped up the pressure regardless of its standing viv-a-vis its foe, that is a different story. In such a case — carried to absurdity — Ukraine would be guilty of escalation if it so much as fired a single rifle round at the invading hordes, instead of just meekly surrenderng.

Define the term, so we know what you are talking about.

[alexander_busek]

If by “escalation” you mean one side ramped up the pressure regardless of its standing vis-à-vis its foe, that is a different story. In such a case — carried to absurdity — Ukraine would be guilty of escalation if it so much as fired a single rifle round at the invading hordes, instead of just meekly surrendering.

Deserves repeating!

Regards,

[Lockbox]

Mr. Biden said that the United States would send 31 Abrams tanks, the equivalent of a Ukrainian battalion, and that Germany would follow through by contributing its own Leopard 2 tanks and freeing other allies to send their own, the equivalent of two more battalions.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/25/world/russia-ukraine-news

Clear enought?