Russian President Vladimir Putin will take extreme measures including a nuclear strike to achieve victory over Ukraine if he feels cornered, with Ukraine and NATO territories in Europe as top potential sites, according to a Neue Zürcher Zeitung report shared on X over the past hour ending at 2:15 p.m. UTC on December 28, 2025. The NZZ analysis, posted by @Maks_NAFO_FELLA, states that Putin remains willing to threaten nuclear weapons when pressured, placing these regions first among global hotspots for potential nuclear conflict. In related frontline developments, Ukrainian Sergeant Serhiy Tyshchenko, a combat medic with the 30th Mechanized Brigade, spent 471 days without rotation at a position in Donetsk Oblast, as detailed in a New York Times account shared on X during this period by @SavchenkoReview. Tyshchenko described to the NYT his extended deployment starting in July 2024 amid personnel shortages, with initial rotations of 45 and 30 days giving way to prolonged service after replacements failed to arrive; he received the Hero of Ukraine title days after a failed evacuation attempt.
