Russia is trying to steal all the mineral wealth they can out of the occupied region of Ukraine before a peace agreement forces them to give up the territory. Russia races for Ukranian mineral wealth before a potential ceasefire Moscow is targeting Ukraine's rich mineral reserves, crippling the steel production efforts and jeopardizing its ability to repay war debts https://responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-war-2670984030/
Russia is not going to be giving up or leaving those territories. But their domestic oligarchs, mafia type cartels etc are plundering those sites and resources from Russia before ceasefire because Russia will come to protect those resources when the war is over and they can divert troops there.
TL;DR: Putin finally figured out Russia's nukes haven't been properly maintained and mostly don't work: https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/2...suming-nuclear-disarmament-talks-with-the-u-s
I wouldn't count on that, we were using their launch systems to put satellites into space before the war because ours were overpriced and didn't work.
Yes, Russia is good at blowing things up. https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2024-11/news/sarmat-failure-casts-doubt-russian-heavy-icbm
Still muuuuuuuch better than USA track record. You shouldn't have any doubt if Russia really needs to target something anywhere on the globe multiple rockets will arrive guaranteed
Ukraine is not a victim Ukraine is a Nazi terrorist state USA created. Now creators are gone and Trump wiping their mess Likely will save hundreds if not millions lives of ukrainians