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Originally Posted by Raellus
I'm quite surprised that I haven't seen any dire predictions of what an increasingly humiliated and desperate Putin might do in the coming days and weeks. In the first few weeks of the war, as the Russian drive on Kiev sputtered to a halt, a lot of news outlets presented the possibility that Putin might resort to tactical nukes to regain momentum and achieve his strategic goals. As more Western aid appeared in Ukraine, Putin rattled his nuclear sabre.
At present, it seems like no one's particularly worried about potential use of nuclear weapons anymore.
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The Times carried an article on the above subjects on Friday
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/w...ions-t7k2vsgc5
I'm not sure if you'll be able to view it as I think it's behind a paywall (I have a subscription and checking without logging in would suggest you can't but it may be different outside the UK). Options mentioned in the article were
1. Detonate a nuclear weapon over the Black Sea as a demonstration of intent and see what happens
2. Intensified conventional attacks on major population centres, e.g. Kyiv
3. Blow up the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant
4. Tactical nuclear attack on Ukrainian armed forces