>> I am becoming more certain that Putin will use any means possible to “win” the
>> war. I do not rule out his using nuclear weapons. He is a psychopath. Defeat
>> for him is not a possibility.
Tactical battlefield nukes has always been a part of Russian military doctrine, as has biological and chemical. The last two are very hard to use - probably beyond the grounds of deployment the way the battles are going (it was easy in Syria when there were no Russian boots on the ground, and no-one (inc the west) gave a rats about collateral damage).
Same applies to tactical nukes, - the only way to deploy them is in the West, where they would achieve little militarily, and negatively strategically. To deploy them where the fighting is means a tactical withdrawal from current positions, and the Russian army cant move well in either direction.
So we are left with strategic nukes. If he tried I think the commanders would refuse.
He's screwed, and he knows it, the only path out is a very long slow grind with losses, till Kiev falls so he has to keep going till then (It will fall eventually) and then militarily police a rebellious region till it brings down Russia again in 40 years time.
d*******.
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