> there will be a nuclear war. Stop repeating FUD. Really, _everything_ about Russian foreign policy has always been to appear larger than they are, to push s

> there will be a nuclear war. Stop repeating FUD. Really, _everything_ about Russian foreign policy has always been to appear larger than they are, to push soft power as hard as they can, and to be very careful to pick only on evidently weaker neighbours with hard power. There will never nuclear war. It will always be used because it's a threat that works for some people. That's Russia psy-ops for you: even in the open Westerners have trouble accepting it because it confronts them with their own irrationality.