NATO Warns Putin Growing Bolder as Ukraine War Drags On — SkimNews
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- A senior NATO commander warned Putin is becoming more cavalier and open to risk as the Ukraine war drags on, per AP News.
- Newsweek and the Institute for the Study of War are publishing scenario analyses of how a Russian incursion into NATO — specifically Estonia, with a so-called 'Narva Scenario' — might unfold, and Newsweek notes Estonia's border has been closed.
Why it matters: A senior NATO commander's public warning that Putin is growing more risk-tolerant, paired with think-tank war-gaming of a direct Russia-NATO clash in Estonia, represents a shift from abstract concern to concrete operational planning about defending the alliance's eastern flank.
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