And already—for the n-th time—escalation has made things worse for Ukrainians. More bombs and missiles are flying, restrictions were lifted.

Because good PR prolongs this war but doesn’t win it. Because ultimately, the interests of the nation, the regime, and its Western supporters are not aligned.

Being usable both strategically (with nukes) and operationally (with conventional weapons), they were essentially a sort of "dual-use". Fair game for Ukraine eh.