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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I expect this report will be filled with ambiguity as well and people depending on their leanings will extract what they want out of this report.
I think it has more to do with the psychology of Putin, and Russia. And he needs to assure his own people, Parliamentarians, he was talking to, and for that matter, himself, that Russia is still a great power.
I think the reason they were taken off the list was to provide an inducement or motivation for them to agree to some sort of ceasefire.
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