If Russia had the weapons, troops and skill to start taking on other European countries, they’d apply those in Ukraine to finish the job, so this threat must be a potential intelligence, technical and FUD offensive… which Europe should already have been on guard for, because that sort of thing has always been #1 in Putin’s playbook.
This reads like a tacit admission that European governments have let their attention lapse, nearly drove into a metaphorical ditch, and now they’re wagging their fingers reminding everyone else not to let theirs lapse.
If Russia had the weapons, troops and skill to start taking on other European countries, they’d apply those in Ukraine to finish the job, so this threat must be a potential intelligence, technical and FUD offensive… which Europe should already have been on guard for, because that sort of thing has always been #1 in Putin’s playbook.
This reads like a tacit admission that European governments have let their attention lapse, nearly drove into a metaphorical ditch, and now they’re wagging their fingers reminding everyone else not to let theirs lapse.
… in which case, absolute clown show.