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Russian President Vladimir Putin started hinting heavily that he might use nuclear weapons if other countries intervened to prevent his conquest of Ukraine on the very first day of the war.Read moreThat sounded like Putin was actually threatening to use his long-range, city-killing nukes on NATO countries if they intervened.
Even one tactical nuke could open up a hole in Ukrainian lines that Russian forces could pour through. The Russians would also hope that it would terrify the NATO countries into abandoning their support for Ukraine.On the other hand, it might escalate the conflict into a full-on nuclear war between Russia and the NATO countries.
Many of them would just flee abroad and live with their money if the Ukrainian invasion fails and the regime collapses, but, for Putin himself, this seems to be a heritage issue. He feels the hand of history on his shoulder and he has come to see himself as an historical figure on the scale of Catherine the Great or Peter the Great.
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