Russia’s Own Strategists Wrote Down the Worst Thing Putin Could Do Short of Nuclear War — and It Hinges on One Bet About America
With Ukraine's drone campaign strangling Russia's fuel supply, Western institutions have mapped Putin's remaining escalation options below the nuclear threshold — from cable-cutting and airspace…
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