Right there! My middle son was a horrific beast! His terrible 2's lasted from 1 to oh, 22. Threats, screaming, tantrums...nope.
My daddy fought in Korea, he did 3 tours in Cyprus and his advice to me was always this, "never give in to bullies." Putin is a bully and he's got himself in a bad spot where all of a sudden the "weaker" is fighting back. He can't deal with that. So, he does what bullies do, he yells louder. Let him yell. He's calling nukes because he thinks it'll scare us. It won't. we've been here before, we're calling his bluff and what we need to do is keep calling it.
Poor baby Pootie, boo fucking hooo. Thought you'd go hard and be the big man. Nope, buh bye, little fella, you'll go down in history, not as the great uniter of the Russian Empire, but as the joke you are.