And how far his Generals will let him go.
Since the show trials of the ‘30s Russian generals have been creatures of the Party no matter their competence. Putin is the Party the Hitler was the National Socialist Party . Even Stalin was limited after WW2 by the Politburo, who likely poisoned him. Putin has no Politburo and his generals are loyal. If a move is to be made it must come from some other circle. Maybe the oligarchs who don’t wish to see the fruits of their wealth inhaled into and changed into isotopes by a mushroom cloud.