Escalation? YOU are the ones who for the past 3 years have been trying to destroy Ukraine. What should have been a 2 week "special military operation" has now become a 3 year embarassment, and total collapse of your military, your countrys resources, and your young male population for generations to come. Essentially putin, YOU have now gone down in history as russias biggest embarassment. You crippled your own country. And the worst part (for you) is that all of this is because you wanted a lasting legacy. And if you had just done nothing, you'd have gone down as the guy who rebuilt russias economy after the post cold war fallout years. If you just did nothing, you would be in a decent position today. And the rest of the world would still think your military is far stronger than it is/was.
Instead, you pulled back the curtain, showed the whole world how weak you are. You lashed out, issued empty threats, had no way to follow through with your threats, and now you expect us to believe you have the balls to nuke anyone?
You nuke Ukraine, or anyone for that matter, and ALL countries reign down upon you. That nuke would instantly be the end of russia, which has stood for over 1000 years. You would be the cause of it's permanent end.
Then again, you ARE known to be very stupid, and make the dumbest choices.
Loser.