![]() ![]() Pry, the president of EMPACT America and executive director of the Congressional Task Force on National and Homeland Security, believes that Putin's provocative test of the Sarmat Intercontinental Ballistic Missile indicates that the Russian autocrat is itching for a global showdown. Peter Pry, opined during a speech at the Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense Forum on April 21st that while the West would prefer to avoid triggering World War III, Putin may be attempting to hasten its inception. The head of Congress's Nuclear Strategy Forum, Dr. And the one trump card that Putin has – his vast nuclear arsenal – exists primarily as a deterrent against direct attacks on Russia.īut one expert disagrees with that assessment. International sanctions and embargoes on Russian exports are weighing heavily on the economy. The Ukrainians, with the aid of the West, have heroically defended their land – at a cost of countless lives – against Putin's forces, whose casualties may be in the tens of thousands as well. As Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine nears its third bloody month, it remains to be seen what exactly his end game is, if a plausible one exists at all.
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