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If Ukrainians continue to put up a good fight and maintain strategically significant control, the risk of a nuclear war increases. With Western weapons flowing
by wahern 5y ago
If Ukrainians continue to put up a good fight and maintain strategically significant control, the risk of a nuclear war increases. With Western weapons flowing into Ukraine, Putin might do something extreme as a scare tactic. I doubt there's much increased risk of a nuclear volley; if Putin did do the unthinkable, the West would almost certainly cease the flow of arms. But that still constitutes a nuclear war, leaving behind a far bleaker and far more unpredictable legacy.
- mint2 5y agoPutin Using a tactical Nuke in Ukraine is the start of WW3. The west would not stop supplying arms, it would more likely ballistic missile all of Russia committed troops in Ukraine.
- tyleo 5y agoI don’t know what the west would do but I can’t imagine they’d stop. I can’t imagine it would be as simple as, “they used a nuke, we all better go home”.
- jacquesm 5y ago> if Putin did do the unthinkable, the West would almost certainly cease the flow of arms. I suspect your reasoning isn't correct.
- HstryrsrBttn 5y ago
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