What Now, Ukraine? -- Victor Davis Hanson

What Now, Ukraine?  By Victor Davis Hanson

• We are on new ground, in which a nonnuclear Western ally—understandably but dangerously—may now seek to destroy a nuclear Russia’s assets on Russian soil or in neutral or even Russian seas.

...But the attack on Russian forces either outside Ukraine or in international waters, whatever the linguistics, is an escalation of the war. 
...But in a practical sense, we are on new ground, where, even if justifiably, a non-nuclear Western ally will now seek to destroy a nuclear Russia’s assets on Russian soil or in neutral or even Russian seas.
...And if Moscow is entirely defeated and humiliated in Ukraine, just as some credit must go to Ukraine’s Western suppliers, Russia will likewise blame its defeat in part on those same abettors..."