> letting the nukes fly that's not the next step. somewhere between now and nuclear war would be russia attacking nato targets outside of ukraine's territory using non-nuclear missiles, but even that is quite a way off. in terms of nukes, there's no way they can use them and still exist as a country. the only possibility would be if they got partially nuked, miraculously survived with nuclear capabilities intact, then retaliated with nukes of their own. that's why whoever starts the nukes has to wipe out the other guy before they can retaliate and russia wouldn't be able to do that.
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