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Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i think at the moment, all bets are off. Putin isn't thinking logically any more ( to put it politely) So he could literally do anything. Worst case scenarios are always unpleasant to consider, but they are there none the less.

Personally, i do feel that russia will fire off some nukes, whether they are tactical or strategic is the big question

I hope i am being alarmist, but putin is no longer a sane and therefore predictable person

I personally highly doubt it but then I'm far less convinced than you are that Putin is even vaguely "insane"... He's no more insane than Boris is bumbling/stupid. Convincing your enemies that you're either stupid or an unpredictable wildcard is a clever move if you can pull it off.

He's not going to fire ICBM's and tactical nukes are sort of moot these days. There are extremely high yield non-nuclear weapons that achieve the same goals without the political implications, and Russia has plenty of them.