He made Kadyrov a general so he's listening to the Ultra Nationalists who want him to use a nuke.
They've lauched this idea of a 'low yield' nuclear weapon.
With that said Russia has reconfirmed that it believes nuclear war should be avoided at all costs.
The longer this conflict goes on the more likely it is that Russia will deploy a nuclear weapon.
The danger is that Ukraine can't really defeat them, so as long as Russia thinks it can win it will try all their options to win.
The Dutch PM poured some additional oil on the fire today by stating that even just a nuclear test that violates the international rules will have catastrophic consequences for Russia.
https://twitter.com/EndGameWW3/status/1578491994024054784The Ukrainians are starting to discover something else on the battlefield that's very worrying.
The Russians aren't rotating or redeploying their troops nor are any allowed to go on leave. They're not pulling well trained and skilled airborne or special forces from the front lines.
Instead they put them in trenches to rot along with the LNR/DNR troops.
The theory is that Moscow wants to bury the truth about what is really happening in Ukraine (the locals not being in their favor and the lack of any NATO hordes) so they don't want their troops to come back.
Which means that America's threat of destroying the Russian military in Ukraine in case a nuclear weapon is used is not as effective as they think it is.