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TeriyakiTanker: I don't even know why I am asking but do you really believe this? Most serious military analysts are predicting the fall of Kiev in a matter of days, and the West has not promised any actual physical aid to the Ukraine and frankly short of large numbers of troops intervening this seems like a done deal if Russia actually pulls the trigger.  And as far as your thought that the West would deploy nuclear weapons, that just seems laughable.  Really don't see anyone NATO member even considering using nuclear weapons to protect a non-NATO country.  Not sure you have thought through this situation.