Putin's Shadow War Is Testing NATO's Restraint
Satellite imagery shows new barracks and a revived Soviet-era garrison as Moscow prepares to add about 100,000 troops near Finland, analysts said.
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Putin's shadow war is testing NATO's restraint
Russian President Vladimir Putin, frustrated by his bogged-down war in Ukraine, is trying to intimidate the European nations that — given President Donald Trump’s severe cuts in aid to Kyiv — are now Ukrainians’ main military, economic and diplomatic supporters. A few of the many examples: an explosive-laden drone found at the airport in Leipzig, Germany; vital undersea cables cut or damaged in the Baltic Sea; parcels exploding at logistics faci…
Putin’s Next Target May Be NATO Itself
Sabotage at Leipzig, Swindon, and Skarżysko-Kamienna. A curfew across the river from Narva. New garrisons at Petrozavodsk, Lupche-Savino, and Pechenga pointing at Finland's 830-mile border. Andrew Michta reads the indicators and concludes Putin may be preparing to test NATO directly this fall and winter — not with an all-out invasion, but with an acute crisis designed to fracture an alliance whose "regionalized security optics" leave it without …
Putin should only be frightened by the concrete actions of the Baltic states, and then a chain reaction of very unpleasant processes within the Alliance will begin, which will lead to the agreements desired for the Russians.
Key takeaways: Vladimir Putin appears to be shifting his focus to directly challenging NATO. There are indications that he is not planning a large-scale invasion, but rather a sharp, calculated crisis intended to divide the alliance. Professor Andrew Michta notes that NATO is struggling with fragmented security visions, where the […]
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