Using the resource of nuclear weapons is a sign of weakness. The way I see it, Russia has tried to run this war as cleanly as possible, it could have used more destructive weapons from the start and it hasn't. Among other things, possibly, because he intended to incorporate/liberate the Dombass area and for this you cannot kill the population with such weapons.
Now you must understand that Russia cannot lose this war, at least Putin cannot lose it. Kadyrov has already called for the use of low intensity nuclear weapons. I don't think it's an empty threat. We have seen people leaving Russia to avoid go to the war, so it could be that internal discontent in Russia and Chechnya is on the rise. Why continue losing soldiers and resources trying to wage surgical warfare? A knock on the table is needed.
In my opinion, if Russia uses low intensity nuclear weapons, the war is over. The USA knows that it cannot answer that because it would imply an escalation that would lead to the end of humanity. So why is the US hugging so much in this war? Its move is probably to try to overthrow Putin. The goal is to take over Russia, overthrowing Putin and putting in a Yeltsin-type puppet would have achieved the goal. Russia and USA know this. Therefore, the game is whether Putin will dare to use such weaponry or whether he will do it in time before he has a mutiny on board. Zelensky has said that Ukraine will not negotiate with Russia while Putin is in charge, a message to the opposition.
In any case we are in a dangerous stage of the war.
All of this could have been avoided had the deep state leeches not been hell-bent on taking over Russia, don't you think?.
