Comments by "Nigel Johnson" (@nigeljohnson9820) on "Ukraine war: Kyiv counteroffensive continues as clean-up begins in recaptured Lyman" video.

  1. I really want Ukraine to push the Russians out of Ukraine. It is a just war for Ukraine, however there must be concerns that Putin is being pushed into a corner, from which he can only lash out with WMD. It has been obvious sometime that Putin cannot win a conventional war with Ukraine so long as the West is supplying modern weapons in quantity. This leaves Putin with few options, he is either defeated or uses nuclear or chemical weapons. He could use his considerable missile stock pile to destroy Ukrainian cities, killing untold numbers of civilians, but such a tactic will not win the war for him, and will attract world condemnation without the shock impact of using a nuclear bomb. The world, most likely including China, will condemn Russia if it uses a nuclear weapon. So Putin might still lose his war and be completely isolated from the world. So Chinese reaction to the uses of such a weapon is critical, as there is little that India would sever its relations with Russia if it committed such a war crime. India has good reasons to want to keep nuclear weapons as a deterrent only. The US will react to Russia using nuclear weapons, but the Russian nationalists extremists that surround Putin are not looking beyond winning the Ukrainian war. Thus it seems likely that Putin will cross the line and use a nuclear weapon, most likely in the annexed regions, and on Ukrainian troop concentrations. The only thing that will prevent this is Putin being removed from power by factions in the Kremlin. Putin is clearly a mad psychopath with serious delusions and paranoia. It is ironic that before the war, no one was out to get him, now his paranoia has some justification.
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