Could Vladimir Putin grow so frustrated with the war in Ukraine that he would somehow attack the Baltics?
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have high concentrations of ethnic Russian-speaking citizens – sometimes up to 20 to 25 percent who consider themselves aligned with Moscow. Putin could make the case that since the ethnic Russians in the Baltics are being discriminated against, persecuted, and suppressed, it is time to invade or somehow attack…
The strategy of depleting Ukraine is failing, and this pushes Vladimir Putin to increasingly desperate steps that could result in the expansion of the war into the Baltic states.