I think, I'll use the example of what is still the major Russian prize, which is Kyiv. And so they, they're having difficulty surrounding it. But assuming they did, and then they try to strangle the lines of communication bombard the city, and then let the troops try to march in. And then they ran into resistance on it's my belief they would employ a chemical weapons because they have a history, but history for it.
James Clapper expresses his belief that Russia may resort to using chemical weapons if they manage to surround Kyiv.
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this is the standard Russian -- Soviet Russian way of war. Surround a city if they can and they are having trouble doing that, put it under siege, strangle it, prevent supplies, medicines, food, water, et cetera and then bombard the city…
I think the Russians, Putin, I say Russians, Putin is committed to conquering, if he can, which I think will be impossible, all of Ukraine.
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