of course he was afraid of russian nuukes. this only prompted Ukrainian engineers to bypass use of starlink entirely and current sea drones, like the one used in second Kerch bridge strike, or these used against SIG tanker and Olenegorsky Gornyak landing ship use domestic technology only
nukes were never on the table, and the reason why is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWKGYnO0Jf4
See also: https://acoup.blog/2022/03/11/collections-nuclear-deterrence-101/
Also ‘superfuse’.