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by stoneman24 581 days ago
Can’t really see nuclear war.

I think that Russia (Putin) thought that ukraine would collapse within days and it would be a walkover.

But it wasn’t and Zelensky bound his people together to resist the Russian army. The Russian army showed its capabilities and more surprisingly it’s huge limitations.

The oligarchy in Russia may well determine that getting rid of Putin might be less risky than letting him escalate the situation, especially if he starts talking about using even battlefield nukes.