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How The War In Ukraine Could Go Nuclear

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Is President Zelensky Trying to Retake Crimea or Is He Just Saying That?

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President Zelensky has said that he intends to not stop fighting until Ukraine is whole including Crimea given that you've put a 20% chance on Putin using nuclear weapons if president Zelensky's actually trying to pursue his stated goals. I don't know whether Zelenski's talk right now about taking back Crimea is rhetoric or whether for a domestic audience or whether he really means it but if Ukrainian forces are ever in a position to take back Crimea they may never be.

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