Instantly my mind went to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Isn't this what Kruschev attempted to do to us - give his ally (Cuba) missiles to strike within our borders? Granted, Zelensky doesn't have nuclear warheads for them, but he has everything he needs to make dirty bombs, and all in-country.
Kennedy wouldn't stand for that, why would Putin?
he attempted to do to us what we had done to them via turkey.
both leaderships had lived relatively recently through WWII.