Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2)

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Before this hijack starts again …

Threads for speculation about Russia using Nuclear weapons.

Outcome of nuclear escalation and general Nuclear concerns Ukraine - Russia

As if Putin needs a reason to use nukes. If it were a first strike, it would have to be brutal. Like old west gunfighters, you better kill that guy with your first bullet or he will kill you with his. If Vlad felt the need to nuke someone, he would have to nuke everyone, hard, because once he launches, he absolutely knows he will get hit back harder, or at least as hard as the other guys are capable of. And with Tridents browsing about out there, he cannot knock the other guys completely. H…

Russian Use of Nuclear Weapons and Response rgd Ukraine

Note to all - I’m putting this here as it’s inherently subjective (at this time) and not quite a fit for P&E. I also noted and thought about bumping “Imagine you are president and Putin nukes Kyiv” that @Hari_Seldon started, but find the situation is quite different 6 months down the line. Specifically two recent articles made me re-examine my prior skepticism on if even Putin would use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine theater. For the record, I still lean towards unlikely, but I’m far from my …

Will Russia go nuclear if they lose the conventional war?

With the sinking of a Russian cargo / transport ship, and the gains made by Ukraine around Kyiv, it feels like the war has possibly reached a turning point in Ukraine’s favor. Let’s assume this is the case, and over the next few months Russia loses the ground it has taken inside Ukraine. Would this trigger a nuclear attack by Putin? I’ll lay out some specific scenarios to consider. Ukraine regains most or all of their territory other than Luhansk and Donetsk. The above plus retaking Lu…

Please take such speculation to one of those thread and no more in this one.