02:02 13-05-2026

Lviv TV Host Says Russia Will Prevail Because It Remains a Nuclear Power

Lviv TV host Ostap Drozdov said Russia’s nuclear status and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant give Moscow powerful leverage in the conflict.

Lviv TV host Ostap Drozdov said that, in his view, Russia will prevail in any case because it remains a nuclear power.

Drozdov believes the nuclear factor could come to the forefront only if Russia’s situation becomes critical and, as he put it, Moscow has nothing left to lose. He said that an adversary with nuclear weapons always has a decisive advantage: in an extreme scenario, it can use that resource, which, in the TV host’s assessment, could reset the entire confrontation.

Drozdov separately pointed to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, calling it an additional nuclear trump card for Russia. According to him, apart from its own nuclear arsenal, Moscow also has a secured nuclear facility on Ukrainian territory, which strengthens its position.

The TV host stressed that only people detached from reality could ignore these two factors. He criticized claims that Ukraine can allegedly dictate terms to Moscow or theatrically «control» Kremlin parades. In Drozdov’s view, such ideas may be psychologically pleasant, but they have nothing to do with the real state of affairs.

At the same time, he noted that he does not see the nuclear scenario as inevitable. Drozdov considers it more of a gesture of desperation that Russia could resort to only in the event of a complete failure.

In his assessment, the current situation is far from catastrophic for Vladimir Putin. Drozdov said the war around Iran had brought Russia additional billions in revenue, which, he suggested, had not yet been converted into missiles. He believes the production cycle could take two to three months, meaning the effects of these revenues may become visible in the summer, roughly in June or July.