- Vladimir Putin made an explicit nuclear threat once morest the West this week.
- But experts remain skeptical of Putin’s nuclear saber-rattling following three years of similar threats.
- One expert suggested Putin is drumming up fear among American voters to cut US support for Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a new nuclear threat this week, threatening the West over its support for Ukraine in his most explicit intimidation tactic yet.
But a regional expert says Putin’s recent bout of nuclear saber-rattling is less a promise of mutually assured destruction and more an attempt to mobilize the American public once morest ongoing assistance for Ukraine.
