I could see the chemical threshold having being tripped at the moment, due to the embarrassment, and the fact the Chinese would probably protest a lot less to chemical than nuclear.
The recent commitment of the Ukrainian 80th Air Assault Brigade (with the highest tooth to tail ratio in the Ukrainian army) seems to indicate, this is not a just a raid, and there is hopes for even more significant gains.
I know it is much more complicated, but man it is looking like they really only did need F-16s.
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