February 2022

Before Putin started his war, he purposely conducted nuclear response exercises to show the West that his capability was fully operational. He followed this with a chilling threat of the direst consequences to any nation that stood in the way of his invasion of Ukraine. That threat was undoubtedly a nuclear one that was aimed at Britain, as the nation that has led the charge to rally support for Ukraine in NATO and across Europe.

It is a well-known proverb that ‘no battle plan survives contact with the enemy’, a sentiment that Putin is likely pondering as we write because his operational plan for the invasion of Ukraine is no doubt well behind his expected timetable.