• vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    Because they are no longer scared of losing.

    They stopped the counteroffensive and the west is cooling on the whole support for Ukraine thing. They think they can win this now.

    And unless we do something, they could very well be right.

    • Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      And actually, nukes are part of the reasons we won’t do much. Not only western nations aren’t keen to send their kids dying in Ukraine. But Russia has nuke. A nuclear power engaging an offensive inside the territory of another nuclear power is a big risk of nuclear escalation. Remember the missile crisis in Cuba ? US officers considered a preemptive nuclear strike.

      Nuclear power fight each other by proxy. See how NATO provide weapon to Ukraine, or how Wagner mercenaries attacked french troops in Africa.