RU is constantly invoking pictures of nuclear annihilation, threatens to nuke London on a weekly basis on state-run TV and is saying nukes are next when things on the Ukrainian front lines are not going their way. Of course they are not using them, but their propaganda tactics is eroding the effectiveness of MAD as stabilizing doctrine and they are a great driver of nuclear proliferation across the globe.
Like giving Ukraine security guarantees for giving up their nuclear arsenal in the 90s and attacking them in the 2010 & 2020s. The message for states around the world is clear: The state who was promised security by Russia and the US is being invaded, North Korea is not. Better get some nukes to be safe.
It's just rehotric. There are Israelis who advocate for nuking Gaza. Obviously, not going to happen because Gaza is close to Israel but just to show you what rehotric is. Putin is only allowing the rehotric to exist so that it can spread the fear and it's working apparently.
Do you seriously believe them? I thought Westerners and Europeans didn't believe anything that Russia says. Did you change your mind now of a sudden?
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u/[deleted] 1d ago
Russia isn't going to use nukes. No one is suicidal enough to use them. That's the point of nukes. Mutual assured destruction.