Call Putin a Madman - & He IS - As Much as You Like...But Please Don't Turn Around the Next Moment & Pretend That Such a Madman, When Pushed Up Against the Proverbial Wall & When Push Comes to Literal Shove, Won't Be Equally Irrational When It Comes to Launching Nuclear Weaponry Upon Ukraine and Ukrainians...

Whether so-called limited, tactical - or strategic - weapons, in the long-range, long-term consequences/ repercussions thereof it's all essentially the same. In such a scenario it's hard to not foresee WW111 as then being not all that far  - God forbid - away.