Would make Russian positions in Ukraine untenable. No resupply, no safe havens out of range, no hope. Don't have to cross the border into Russia. Issue would be Russians and Belorussian air defense units based on their soil. Could be very transparent upfront that this will be a conventional intervention to restore internationally agreed to borders. Give the Russians two weeks to withdraw. Just like Iraq in Kuwait. Putin could start with nukes but he knows he is dead if he does. I know, super scary, super risky but allowing Putin a win sends him, Xi and Kim Jong Un encouragement to take risks that will be even more to deal with.

US military and intel services have said over and over Putin will not use nukes.
The US and NATO know that.

But it has been a convenient excuse to refuse to help Ukraine.

And on what planet are NATO and the US not helping?

France and Germany were deep in bed with Putin and his oil deals.
Biden had to shame them into helping Ukraine.

US military knows the US has not really wanted Ukraine to win the war.
Dragged their feet and only gave them enough to keep the war going.
Not to win it.

US goal was to deplete Russian resources over the long haul.
Ukraine civilian and military deaths were just collateral damage in that goal.

So now it is too late. NATO is obviously making excuses for not helping much any more.
It is over.

Doesn't NATO have a lot invested in keeping Ukraine free
or are they worried that Putin will attack them, even if
not with nukes?

This is an indirect way of saying that Ukraine needs to come up with its own nuclear deterrant.

I do not see that happening.

And I think the USA will help
in no way whatsoever.

Who knows if they even work? They probably don't. But it's a dare that NATO leaders don't want to risk. It's not worth lives in case the Russians decide to strike with nukes. So NATO is being extremely cautious, until they know more.

That is the lamest response ever, especially from NATO. Russia’s is not the only Country with nukes.if he ever used one, his entire Country would be evaporated. FAFO.

While Iam concerned about the U.S.'s support, I hope Europe continues theirs.

which is what nukes would cause.

But then they are the same country that sent troops with all kinds of vehicles including tanks, into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, after they "captured" the still-melting-down-after-38-years-nuclear-plant, where they were digging trenches to secure the area.



(as a note, there is a fine layer of soil over highly-contaminated ground, so there are special roads built for traversing the area and going off-road can stir up that layer and release radiation into the air)