Years of guerrilla warfare, worst than in Afghanistan, are in perspective.Īfter the shock wears off, the international community would need incredibly strong nerves. Not to mention the thousands of anti-tank and anti-helicopter missiles supplied by the West that have not yet been used. Wherever the Russian army is deployed the war will only change its nature with 'behind every window a babushka armed with a Kalash,' as the Ukrainians say. The war in Ukraine will not be over any time soon. This is what led Japan to surrender in only a few hours in August 1945.Īll Ukrainians fearing execution by the occupier, not to mention all those refusing to live under Russian authorities, would take the road of exile, which would then lead to 10 to 15 million Ukrainian refugees in Europe overnight. How can one imagine that soldiers, as brave as they may be, continue to fight against an adversary determined to kill 40,000 fighters and civilians with just one missile? Not to mention the panic caused by the deadly radiation. He would then likely obtain the immediate surrender of Kyiv.

The Russian president presses the red button (which does not exist by the way, instead it is in fact the activation of a code with the help of a bag nicknamed ' Tcheget'), to launch a bomb of 2 kilotons on Ukraine. Most believe that the Kremlin is bluffing, but many also thought he would never invade Ukraine either: “A Russian nuclear hit is not very probable but we must prepare ourselves to every possibility,” says Admiral Jean-Louis Lozier, an expert at the French Institute of International Relations.īut the bluff is not working for the moment, as the West is continuing to supply Ukraine with heavy artillery.Īnd so what would happen if Putin were to press the button? Let’s think the unthinkable, which is not so unthinkable after all, since he was only a hair's breadth away from setting off nuclear fire on at least three occasions already.

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