Putin and the Risk of a Nuclear Attack: Let Us Not Panic, Let Us Remain Pragmatic.

Putin would have more to lose than to gain by making such a move.

This is probably the most terrifying scenario that can be conceived at the moment. Cornered, Vladimir Putin would launch nuclear missiles at Ukraine. Opening Pandora's box of the use of these apocalyptic weapons, which has been locked for seventy-seven years. With a real risk of conventional retaliation by NATO, and then of nuclear escalation on both si…