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Putin's Mistake

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The Threat of Nuclear Weapons Is Not Going to Stop Him, Is It?

Boris Johnson says the threat of nuclear weapons is all Russia has. But if nato decided to call his bluff, he's not actually going to used these nuclear weapons. A conventional war between theto and russia would win, well, a lot of a lot of nature troops would die. There would probably be a russian attack on the baltic states,. an attempt to break through to keliningrad. The most carpathian area in ucrania is probably the most secure part of Ukraine. It is surround, almost surrounded by nato countries - but that doesn't mean you can't impose a no flison.

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