Radiation would destroy some of the most valuable farmland in the world. If Ukraine could win in a cleaner way they would still have excellent farms.
If I were da Ukes with da Nukes, I would not radiate my own land. I would send one demo nuke to another ammo dump 10 miles inside Ruke territory.
And I would announce it in the press:
“Yes, we are in an existential war, just like the USA was when they dropped their nukes.
Yes, it caused a lot of damage, so we hope the Russians leave our country immediately, surrendering every last bullet and weapon, and agree to be escorted by United Nations Blue Helmet observers.
Yes, we have a few more.
Yes, we acknowledge that the Russians have way more nukes than we do but we didn’t invade THEM, they invaded US, and even though a nuke has gone off in their country, they are not in an existential war of any kind. It is time for them to completely call off their invasion and respect our borders as they said they would in the Budapest Agreement.”