The conventional wisdom was that Putin would launch nukes in retaliation for a counterinvasion.
That thinking seems to have changed. Perhaps it's thought that Putin has now burned enough political capital that no one would obey an order to launch nukes at this point?
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npub1n5…4tew3
2024-08-13 15:11:00
in reply to nevent1q…n02l
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