Alarming reports that Putin aims to escalate war, despite CIA warning (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,645) EUobserverPutin Moves to Escalate War in Ukraine as Talks at Dead End BloombergWhy Even a Cornered Putin Won’t Press the Red Button Foreign PolicyRussia prepares to intensify strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian oblasts – Bloomberg Українська правдаKremlin sources tell Bloomberg that Putin is preparing to escalate the war in Ukraine.
A growing number of Russian officials believe that could eventually mean a tactical nuclear weapon. Meduza
