The West didn’t really scare Putin from using a tactical nuke. The response is more like “So what? We’ll just give Ukraine more weapons. Good luck with your relationship with India and China.”
The problem with using a tactical nuke is that it wouldn’t help Putin to win the war. He would actually need to deploy bigger nukes to have a significant effect on the battlefield.
Do you think Zelenskyy will relinquish portions of Ukraine he is currently winning back via accurate/precise/munition resources Western provided?
You underrate the impact of Western satellites on Ukraine’s successes. While it isn’t easy to recall weapons the West provided, we can easily stop the satellite support.
Ukraine also can’t pay its military without Western support. Zelensky is dependent on Western support so the West can essentially decide what war goals Ukraine can achieve.
The West didn’t really scare Putin from using a tactical nuke. The response is more like “So what? We’ll just give Ukraine more weapons. Good luck with your relationship with India and China.”
The problem with using a tactical nuke is that it wouldn’t help Putin to win the war. He would actually need to deploy bigger nukes to have a significant effect on the battlefield.
You underrate the impact of Western satellites on Ukraine’s successes. While it isn’t easy to recall weapons the West provided, we can easily stop the satellite support.
Ukraine also can’t pay its military without Western support. Zelensky is dependent on Western support so the West can essentially decide what war goals Ukraine can achieve.