I watched this forty-five minute interview with journalist, Julia Ioffe, who was born in Russia and has covered the nation extensively. PBS interviewed her as part of their upcoming Frontline documentary "Putin's Road to War".
The part that was the most chilling to me was her opinion that Putin has no way out. He's being humiliated by who he's referred to as "little Russians" (Ukrainians) and she suggests that he knows if he does not win, it ends with a bullet between his eyes. The result is that he will reduce Ukraine to a "fine ash", and that the West should fully accept his willingness to use nuclear weapons.
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