For those on here still, more than a year on, talking up "false flags" and "tactical nukes"
Firstly, Putin wants you to do this. The fear of escalation has held back Western support and by constantly talking it up, Russia desperately hopes that will continue. You're doing Putin's work for him.
Secondly, if you think Putin needs a "false flag" to justify war crimes, ask yourself why he didn't bother before launching an illegal fascist war of aggression, then following it up with mass killings, torture and rape of civilians.
Thirdly, if provoking Putin results in nuclear strikes, why hasn't he done so already? His army was humiliated in Kyiv and Kharkiv. His navy lost its flagship. His bridge to Crimea was blown up. He's lost more tanks than any army ever has in history.
Russia nuclear threats are empty. They're made in the hope that across the Western world, in discussions like these, they discourage giving Ukraine the support it needs to win.