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It was never a serious threat.
Putin using a nuke = Russia is absolutely destroyed and his power is at an end. It's not a question. It's the one line that all the other nuclear powers agree on. Using them has exactly one outcome for Russia and it is not pretty.
Putin only cares about holding onto power and his own self-aggrandizement. Unless he is completely backed into a corner and risks losing his control, he is highly unlikely to ever use a nuclear weapon. It's the same thing with North Korea.
Threatening to use it to scare other people in a power play = Hell yeah, Putin is in 100% on board.