Russia-Ukraine war and related tensions Megathread

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Did I miss something today? Folks seem to be getting more grim about the possibility of nuclear war since this afternoon (Forgive me Torie if that's not what you were implying):

Thank you Storr for the translation, and for being you as this tragedy unfolds, and day by day gets ever more horrific, and the odds of the unimaginable tick up.

And from another thread:

Nuclear War is probably the endgame here, if only because Putin isn't going to stop in Ukraine. He's going to invade a NATO nation, possibly the Baltic States, possibly Poland, and that's going to trigger a massive nuclear exchange.

Nuclear war is the most likely outcome at this point.

I'm wondering what exactly has everybody so spooked too. "Nuclear war is the most likely outcome" strikes me as a ridiculous overreaction to unconfirmed reports of Russia asking for Chinese assistance and a zero-casualties accident involving a recon drone.

Aren’t those posters he quoted infamous for being doomers?