Why Putin’s going big with nuke threats — and why we need to be ready
Russian President Vladimir Putin lies. With abandon, ecstatically. “There are no Russian troops in Crimea!” he said as spetsnaz units were occupying the peninsula in March 2014. “Russia will never start a war on Ukraine!” he repeated virtually up to the invasion two years ago. Putin’s annual state-of-Russia address last week was no different. (Moscow is “not the one…
