Desperate Vladimir Putin is "in trouble" and requires nearly 600,000 troops to turn Russia's invasion of Ukraine around, a top former NATO chief has claimed.
But the ailing President may decide to launch a tactical nuclear strike as a final throw of the dice, Sir James Everard has warned today.
The former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in Europe says the mission is far greater than he ever predicted and needs more than half a million more soldiers to make the deadly conflict a success.