With Russia funding its war effort through financial gains from the close of the Strait of Hormuz, and amping up attacks while Trump’s eye is turned towards the Middle East, experts tell Maira Butt that this is a very delicate moment for Ukraine
It’s clear that Russia is not nearly as powerful as anyone thought, and there’s good reason to believe their nuclear arsenal is either severely neglected or was mostly bluff to begin with, but you can’t be sure. And any war on Russian soil is going to be hard no matter what.
Do kick Russia out of Ukraine; that’s an unjustifiable war of conquest that needs to be reverted. But make it clear that you won’t set foot in Russia and don’t pose a threat to Russia itself. That way you give Putin no excuse to go nuclear, and no reason for the Russian military to obey him if he does.
I doubt they ever where. But certainly not anymore. There is doubt their nuclear arsenal even works after decades of neglect.
Would any country take that risk?
Yeah, that is a very risky bluff to call.
It’s clear that Russia is not nearly as powerful as anyone thought, and there’s good reason to believe their nuclear arsenal is either severely neglected or was mostly bluff to begin with, but you can’t be sure. And any war on Russian soil is going to be hard no matter what.
Do kick Russia out of Ukraine; that’s an unjustifiable war of conquest that needs to be reverted. But make it clear that you won’t set foot in Russia and don’t pose a threat to Russia itself. That way you give Putin no excuse to go nuclear, and no reason for the Russian military to obey him if he does.