Russia has been blustering about nuclear war ever since the war started, in an effort to scare off NATO. It hasn’t worked.
Of course they know that Russia can’t possibly handle NATO or US direct involvement.
More recently, they thought Trump would walk away from the war, so they’re trying to scare him out of further involvement.
That’s not going to work.
Why would Russia be talking about nuclear weapons all the time if it can defeat Ukraine? It can’t, and especially with Trump’s renewed involvement.
Putin is surrounded by yes men (that should be obvious). Otherwise, he would have abandoned this war years ago.
I don’t think Putin cares about his soldiers or his homeland. He just wants to keep fighting until he wins. Even if Russia is severely damaged.
But at the point of a nuclear exchange or direct NATO involvement, he knows that is a disaster even he can’t ignore. So the strategy is to scare the leftists on Free Republic to pressure Trump.
Has any one given any thought to the fact that should
Putin/ Russia take Ukraine it would then share borders with THREE NATO countries? the very thing it was trying to prevent in the first place !!!
He has to keep fighting, if he does not “win” he dies. If he settles and doesn’t have at least complete control of all “legally annexed” oblasts he dies