President says potential of nuclear war more likely but that Russia has ‘not gone crazy’ and will not use nuclear weapons first
Source: Vladimir Putin says Russia’s war in Ukraine could be ‘long-term process’
comparing himself to peter the 1th:
“As for the slow process of the special military operation, then, of course, it can be a long-term process,” Putin said. “But then you mentioned that new territories had appeared. This is such a significant result for Russia … The Azov Sea has become an internal Russian sea. Even Peter I had fought for access to the Azov Sea.”
