Putin flexes nuclear muscle; Surrounds Ukraine with Nuke drills

As Putin took the Presidential oath for the fifth time, Russia prepared for nuclear weapons drills while neighbour Belarus carried out nuclear drills aimed at Ukraine. The nuclear note on which Putin commenced his fifth term is a clear message to the west that Putin’s fifth term will spell disaster if the West does not back-off from supporting Ukraine. But what prompted such a powerful response from Russia and Belarus? What did the West do to antagonise the Slavic brotherhood enraged: Will Putin pull the trigger?