Is Putin being pushed into a corner?

Question

It looks like Putin lost this war in Ukraine. If so does this increase the possibility of Putin using a nuclear bomb and if so will he hit Kiev with it? your thoughts please.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Why do you think he’s losing the war?

Ukrainians are being cut down. Their country is in ruins. They don’t have enough equipment, and they are short on troops. The population of Ukraine has been drastically reduced—from war refugees to civilian casualties to battlefield deaths. They can’t replace the troops they have lost. Their arms factories have been destroyed, and the only way they can re-supply is from outside their own besieged country.

Russia can re-supply whenever it wants. Russia can send in more troops whenever it wants. Russia can evacuate wounded troops to good hospitals for medical care and then return them to the fight—Ukrainians hospitals have been destroyed and are now field hospitals in many areas. Not ideal.

And if you think Russia is “running out” of ammo they aren’t. Early in the war they launched one hypersonic missile here or there. They just recently launched six. The workers in their factory are putting in triple shifts to increase supply. That’s just one factory—out of how many arms factories in the entire nation of Russia?

If you think Putin is losing you uh, well, you’re just wrong.

WindAtMyBack · Accepted Answer

He's not being pushed into a corner. He pushed himself into the corner, almost certainly with the help of others who fed hm bad information.

I said on almost the first day that the war will end when both sides can save face and pretend they won or completed their objective. Putin can no longer save face, so yea, he's in a corner. But that's his own doing.

No, I don't think he'll use nukes. Putin is of highly questionable sanity, but he certainly has generals who are sane enough to stop him from using nukes, even if they have to kill him to do it.

I could maybe see tactical nukes, but they are just big bombs, not what most people think of as nukes. Tactical nukes wouldn't start an all-out nuclear war.

MuskratLove · Accepted Answer

The word on the street is that Putin hasn't even gotten started yet. I heard that he's going to send in a half million troops, and then sleepy Joe will reinstate the draft. Then we're all fucked. My friend on this site said that he's too old to be drafted. I told him that could change with a stroke of a pen.

Quackthulu2 · Accepted Answer

Pushed? No, he walked into it himself. But yes, the man is completely fucking nuts which is concerning. Hopefully he gets killed before he gets desperate enough to try using nukes.

Adam1978 · Answer

No he isn't that stupid. He knows if nukes start flying his life will be over. He might have a bunker but do you really think he wants to bury himself alive. Because that would be the last day he would be welcome to the surface by his own people that survives.

NaultD · Answer

A nuke fired at Ukraine, a stealth bomber already drop a bomb at putin personally before the nuke landed. From their who really knows but best guess Russian oligarchs don't want to die and make a peace offer.

exitseven · Answer

Putin has not lost this war. If it goes om much longer there will be nothing there worth fighting for. Maybe that is the point. Putin could dig for all the rare minerals without people getting in his way.

Leopard23 · Answer

he's walked into a trap and now he can't get out. The whole thing is about collapsing the Russian economy and government like what happened in 1989.

CALIGVLA · Answer

I don't think so. Ukraine has no chance of winning the war. If every sane people know this outside of Russia, it's impossible that their president doesn't know.

lucasnabizada · Answer

It's the equivalent of destroying and poisoning your backyard... He'll never Nuke Ukraine it's way too close to him

Anonymous · Answer

No but nukes nah A) one nuke will wipe out the plant without the MAD considerations B) why use a nuke when a well place hit of Chernobyl would have the effect with out MAD involved