Nukes on the Horizon: Zelensky’s Free Hand Could Light the World with Nuclear Fire! By Richard Miller (Londonistan)
The West has just made its most reckless move yet in the Ukraine war: lifting restrictions on long-range NATO weapons so they can now be fired into Russian territory. This isn't defensive aid anymore. It's escalation by proxy. And the man they're handing the trigger to, Volodymyr Zelensky, is the worst possible choice.
This is a president whose political credibility is crumbling. He's cancelled elections, silenced opposition, purged his own generals, and banned media outlets. This isn't Churchill, it's a strongman backed by billions in U.S. and EU weapons. Now, with his popularity plummeting and the war dragging on, Zelensky has one card left to play: escalation.
He wants NATO boots on the ground. He's said as much. He wants Western governments deeper in the fight, not just with money, but with lives. And what better way to provoke that than by hitting targets inside Russia, knowing full well what that might unleash?
Vladimir Putin has shown restraint, not exactly a popular take in the West, but factually true. After the Nord Stream sabotage, drone strikes in Moscow, and constant attacks on Belgorod, Russia has mostly responded with conventional weapons and strategic patience, perhaps until its recent bombing escalations, indicating an end of patience?
But now Ukraine, with NATO's blessing, is openly allowed to hit inside Russian territory using Western kit, Storm Shadows, ATACMS, HIMARS. One strike too far, and Russia's nuclear doctrine kicks in.
It's not a bluff. Russia's doctrine clearly permits the use of tactical nuclear weapons in response to existential threats, including foreign strikes on its territory. What happens when that line is crossed by a NATO-supplied missile?
The Road to Armageddon is paved with good intentions The Western media still parrots the same slogans: "defending democracy," "stopping aggression," "supporting our ally." But that moral framing has become a suicide pact.
Here's the reality:
Zelensky wants escalation because it forces NATO's hand.
NATO wants to bleed Russia without formally going to war.
Russia sees the West already at war and is preparing accordingly.
This is textbook proxy war logic, until the proxy goes rogue or succeeds too well. Then it becomes something far more dangerous. We're one flashpoint away.
What happens if Ukraine hits a major Russian command post, fuel depot, or civilian site with Western weapons? What happens if Russia responds with a tactical nuclear strike on a Ukrainian base near the Polish border? What does NATO do? Invoke Article 5? Or fold?
Nobody knows. That's the terrifying truth. Western leaders are playing a game of escalation chicken with a nuclear superpower, without a clear strategy, without public consent, and without a clue where the brakes are.
Final Thought: Who Benefits from All This? Not the Ukrainians, who've lost hundreds of thousands of men and half their country. Not the Europeans, who are staring down recession, deindustrialisation, and energy dependency. Not the Americans, who are being bled dry by another endless foreign entanglement while their own cities rot.
Only the arms dealers, the war hawks, and the ideologues pushing a fantasy of regime change in Moscow. And now they're pushing Zelensky to strike the bear in its own den.
This isn't strategy, it's madness. And if the nukes fly, no one will be asking about democracy or freedom. They'll be asking why we gave a desperate man the launch codes to Armageddon.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/27/zelenskyy-berlin-merz-german-coalition-ukraine-weapons
Following German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's announcement that Ukraine can now strike Russian territory with Western-supplied weapons, including German weapons, one Hungarian analysts says he believe it could lead to the "mass death" of German soldiers.
In a special broadcast from Sárbogárd, the popular Hungarian news channel Ultrahang interviewed security policy expert György Nógrádi, who warned that this decision carries severe military, economic, and political consequences.
Nógrádi stated that Merz's announcement "takes the war to a new level," explaining that Germany and other Western allies will no longer impose range limitations on weapons provided to Ukraine. This means that Ukrainian forces could potentially target cities like Moscow.
The Hungarian expert highlighted this as a pivotal shift in German policy, asserting that "the only weapon that the previous government refused to hand over—the Taurus missiles—is now being handed over." However, he expressed concern that these advanced systems are too complex for Ukrainian military personnel, potentially necessitating the deployment of German specialists, which "could lead to mass German deaths."
Former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz notably refused to hand over Taurus missiles to Ukraine, also citing that German military personnel would have to be deployed with these missiles, which would have been a sharp escalation to the war.
Ultimately, if Ukraine does indeed have access to Taurus missiles, it remains unclear whether German troops will indeed be deployed with these systems. Ukrainian soldiers may have already been covertly trained. In addition, the long-range nature of these missile systems makes them difficult targets for Russian strikes. However, there is little doubt that these German-made missiles could mark a sharp escalation in the war.
According to Nógrádi, the conflict has only been getting worse in recent days, with Russia on the offensive and record numbers of drone and missile strikes. He noted a significant drop in the effectiveness of Ukrainian air defenses, which previously intercepted 80 to 90 percent of drones.
Notably, Russia is stepping up its production of drones and missiles, leaving Ukraine without enough missile interceptors to shoot them out of the sky. Russia's cheaper missiles are going up against missile interceptors, which are more sophisticated and expensive, making for a poor mismatch in the conflict.
The West appears to be reacting to this by upping the ante against Russia, allowing Ukraine to, in turn, use missiles against Russian targets on Russian territory.
Of course, the risk of nuclear war always looms large in the background. Nógrádi said Merz's statement implies a prolonged conflict, with German weapons and equipment continuing to flow into Ukraine. The Hungarian observed that NATO remains committed to avoiding direct confrontation with Russia, acknowledging the catastrophic potential of a nuclear conflict given that "Russia and the USA have approximately 6,000 nuclear warheads."
There are numerous conflicting reports in regard to Russia's capabilities in the war, but Nógrádi falls into the camp that believes Russia holds the advantage.
"There are 200,000 Russian-trained reservists behind the front lines. Ukraine has no significant reservists," he said.
In conclusion, Nógrádi delivered a grim assessment: "This war is not coming to an end, it's just starting to get really rough."
Beyond the war, Nógrádi addressed the severe economic impacts, particularly for Germany. He argued that the foundation of German economic policy—cheap Russian raw materials combined with advanced German high-tech—has been "blown up."
He suggested that Germany has "knocked itself out" economically by now purchasing Russian raw materials at significantly inflated prices through intermediaries like India or Norway."
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