Originally Posted by
Baldeep Inminj
On what do you base that assumption?
I truly hope you are correct but I believe you are not. To say they ‘won’t dare’ is to remove any possibility that no matter what, they won’t use them. What if Russia really starts to lose - if the tanks make a huge difference and then we send jets, and the writing is on the wall. Are you really saying that there are no circumstances whatsoever that would bring about their use? If so, based on what?
Because provided Ukraine does not invade Russia proper which is a condition of western support, there is no advantage to Russia by using them, it doesn't change anything.
There is no point turning the very country you are invading into a nuclear wasteland. If Russia were to use them it would be against Germany, Poland or one of the other Baltic States. It has been made very clear, should Putin use them at all then there is no scenario in which Putin himself survives.