Trump openly encouraging Zelenskyy to hit Moscow. What could possibly go wrong?
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you mean more wrong.
also when they asked him if zelensky should target moscow, he said no.
Yeah, I mean that. I am all for Ukraine winning but at this point I think it would quickly go south.
This isn’t the Olympics — it's not like Ukraine can "win". In this situation, even in the best-case scenario, Ukraine remains a satellite of either NATO or Russian Federation (or whatever might take RF’s place). In the worst-case scenario, it breaks apart into regions that continue fighting each other for decades.
Unfortunately the worst case scenario is nuclear war actually.
A full-scale nuclear war is hard to imagine because of Ukraine. But provocations and incidents can't be ruled out. These could include accidents at Soviet nuclear power plants, the use of a dirty bomb, or even tactical nuclear weapons.
Hard to imagine - yes.
But unfortunately still possible, it takes just mistake or one gamble or something like that ...
Russia, like the Soviet Union, treats the use of nuclear weapons with a fair degree of responsibility. I can’t recall a single case where they used them against human targets. And the conflict in Ukraine is still largely a PR-driven affair — it’s less significant than it seems, even within Russia, let alone in Europe.
I do agree to a some point. But as I said, it can be mistake or whatever. Risk is still there.
If the strikes are not strong enough, this will only strengthen the position of war supporters — at least when it comes to capturing eastern Ukraine. On the other hand, if the strikes on Moscow are somehow incredibly powerful, that too will bolster the pro-war faction, though in that case the focus would shift to forming entirely new structures in place of Ukraine.
Trump, however, likely assumes that limited strikes on Moscow could serve as a signal to the Kremlin to agree to a fragile peace with Ukraine, similar to what happened with Iran, thereby postponing a full-scale conflict in Europe indefinitely — leaving the problem for future U.S. presidents to resolve. In the meantime, Trump would focus on extracting resources in Ukraine and force European companies to invest in military production there, preparing the country for a future war.
There may be other options as well.
I agree. Well written.