Russia retaliates by bombing a hotel in Kharkiv, again it penetrated the thick air defense surrounding it
Such as ?
You know what , even if they wanted to the options are simply not there, if the West wants to send "whatever Ukraine wants" it would probably in the form of sending their remaining battle tanks, ammo, and everything, which is already in short supply for their own defense. The UK has like 150 tanks in its entire inventory, sending all to Ukraine is simply not an option.
I think Russia is past declaring war.There are chatters that Russia will declare war on Ukraine after the Belgorod attacks.
The already have those in the form of TB-2,GMLRS, LJDAM, Storm Shadows and ATACMS.Ukraine doesn’t need tanks. It needs long range missiles, drones and fighter jets, exactly what it never received from NATO.
Look at the way the US waged war when it faced a more serious adversary, like against Serbia or Iraq. It employed airpower and missiles to destroy everything before using any tanks. Sending tanks without air dominance is just a stupid waste of tanks.