The suffering inflicted by the invading Russian army on the Ukrainian “brother people” is increasing day by day.

The steadfastness and brutality with which Putin is pursuing his plan of subjugation is spreading fear and terror even beyond the borders of Ukraine.

The shelling of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant raised the already serious concerns of the West to a new level.

In Europe, nobody has forgotten the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster.

It has been a catalyst for the German nuclear phase-out.

Even in peacetime, Zaporizhia was no longer a safe power plant.

Targeted artillery fire could turn such systems into a super Chernobyl.

Moscow has a different relationship to the nuclear

Could even a Putin want that?

Moscow's army has a different relationship to nuclear power than Western societies.

Russian military doctrine does not shy away from using tactical nuclear weapons when the advance stalls.

Russian soldiers are therefore also practicing deployment in contaminated areas.

A sick mind might even get the idea that the EU certainly doesn't want to take in a nuclear-contaminated country.

And of course it was the Ukrainians' own fault that it could come to this.

Putin likes to show what he could do to his opponent

However, the neighboring countries would also suffer from the consequences of such a nuclear attack, and the entire continent would be affected.

In doing so, Putin would cause the conflict to escalate, which he has so far shied away from.

On the other hand, Putin, who is under increasing pressure to succeed, likes to show his opponent everything he could do to him.

This presents the West with a difficult task: to make it clear to the lonely bear in his cave that he is not the only one who has claws - without increasing his paranoia.

Macron failed to persuade Putin to let go of his prey in an hour-long phone call on Thursday.

Scholz should not have had any other experience on Friday.

Putin wants to fight to what he considers victory.

By any means.