Four Key Decisions Needed to Prevent Russia from Attacking Ukraine from Sanctuaries

For 2.5 years the Russians have used strategic assets of Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers, along with Black Sea Fleet ships to fire cruise missiles into Ukraine at civilian targets such as power plants, shopping malls, hydro-electric dams, children’s hospitals and many civilian targets.   This sustained bombing campaign represents institutionalized war crimes from a state sponsor of terror and must be stopped.   Instead of providing weapons that might be able to shoot down the inbound missiles, we must provide weapons to deter the Russian bombers and fleet by going directly at them with weapons that can reach them.