ANALYSIS. “Escalation is only possible with nuclear weapons.” Why we must hope that Putin did not plan the attack himself

Experts are divided on whether the attack on the Kremlin could have been carried out by the Russians themselves. “Putin wants to justify further steps with that,” says one. But the other believes that he is mainly humiliated. The fact is, we better hope it wasn’t the Russians. Because then we are on a dangerous path — and the soothing words about nuclear weapons will also be questioned again.

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