"I suspect it's not a coincidence that this happened after the warm reception that Putin had in Alaska. He has noticed there's less willingness on the side of the United States to back up Ukraine under the current administration than there was under the previous one, and I think he feels emboldened by that,"
"Russia excels in the gray zone, in areas where there's murk and ambiguity, and this drone incursion is squarely in the gray zone,"
Russia has increased military attacks on Ukraine, flown MiG-31 jets over Estonia, and launched drone flights that breached Polish and Romanian airspace. NATO fighter jets shot down 19 unarmed Russian drones over Poland. Analysts interpret these moves as part of a sustained Kremlin campaign to test NATO's resolve and drive a wedge between Europe and the United States. Russian leaders appear to be leveraging perceived U.S. hesitancy after diplomatic engagement to feel emboldened. Moscow is operating in the gray zone with ambiguous, deniable actions intended to weaken alliance solidarity and hollow out mutual security commitments.
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