Russia/Ukraine: Despite the Regime in Washington making no official decision to authorize Ukraine to conduct deep strikes using NATO supplied weapons into Russia, which many assumed meant the West backed down to Russia threats of war, actions speak louder than words. Remember, just last week, Russian President Putin very clearly articulated that deep strikes inside of Russia using NATO supplied weapons required active NATO participation in the attacks making them party to the conflict. Putin warned the West that should that happen, Russia would enter an official state of war with NATO and would take appropriate actions based on that new reality.