Why US plan for localized Russia-Ukraine nuclear war doomed to fail
By Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst
Back in early December last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia could adopt a US-style preemptive strike doctrine, stating that „[Russia] is just thinking about it“ and that „[the political West] wasn’t shy to openly talk about it during the past years“. At the time, it seemed that Moscow was simply sending a clear message to the belligerent US-led power pole that was escalating its already extremely hostile policies aimed against Russia. However, things are now much clearer as to why President Putin actually mentioned the possibility of adopting such an unusually offensive concept for the largely defense-oriented Russian military doctrine.