Comments by "Dale Crocker" (@dalecrocker3213) on "'Everyone is worried' Putin will use nuclear weapons, says Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko" video.

It is rumoured that later today (Oct 5) Putin will announce that, following the official incorporation of the Donbass republics into the Russian Federation, the current incursions by the Ukrainian armed forces will be treated as an invasion of sovereign territory in terms of international law. The consequences could well be dire. So far, Russia has refrained from massive bombing or missile attacks, nuclear or otherwise. That may well now change. The Russians seem to care very little how many troops or how much materiel they lose on the ground - but they are far from stupid. They are not playing the role we have assigned to them. Their current losses are entirely predictable and must have been anticipated - as indeed must have been the response - which may well extend to exercising the nuclear option.
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