Senior NATO Commander Warns Putin Is Becoming More Cavalier and Open to Risk as Ukraine War Drags On
Stringer said Russia’s covert campaign has grown to more than 210 incidents since March 2025 as Moscow seeks to divide NATO allies.
- On Tuesday, NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Air Chief Marshal Sir John Stringer warned at a security conference in Estonia that Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming "increasingly cavalier, dangerous and risk accepting" as his war in Ukraine drags on.
- Russia's stalled military campaign in Ukraine, costing more than 500,000 dead, has prompted Putin to escalate covert operations against Europe, with incidents rising from 59 in March 2025 to more than 210 ranging from vandalism to sabotage and cyberattacks.
- Moscow conducted documented sabotage operations including an August explosives plot at Leipzig airport near a Ukrainian plane, disrupted plans to sabotage a London drone factory, and fires at an Estonian defense company and Bulgarian weapons facility.
- NATO leaders split on response: Stringer warned members to avoid overreacting because "Putin would like to provoke the alliance into an overreaction," while U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker dismissed concerns, saying Putin does not want direct NATO conflict.
- Baltic leaders predict Moscow will intensify infrastructure attacks as winter approaches, with diplomatic progress unlikely until spring, as Putin pursues hard-to-attribute covert strikes designed to fracture NATO unity and will persist unless he abandons his Ukraine objectives.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming “increasingly reckless, dangerous and willing to take risks” as his war in Ukraine continues and he tries to divide Western allies, the deputy commander of NATO forces in Europe said yesterday, as quoted by the Associated Press, writes BTA. Marshal John Stringer told the AP at a security conference in Estonia amid warnings from some European leaders that Moscow plans to test NATO's collective defense …
Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming "increasingly reckless, dangerous and risk-taking," NATO's deputy supreme commander in Europe said Tuesday, as Russia continues its war in Ukraine and seeks to divide Western allies.
NATO commander speaks about the West's need to be cautious in a "flammable environment" - Zelensky called on Europeans to respond to Russian provocations, as if they do not, they "will go further"
NATO warns that Putin is becoming increasingly dangerous and unpredictable, using hybrid attacks and provocations to divide Western allies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is becoming "increasingly reckless, dangerous and risk-taking," NATO's deputy supreme commander in Europe said Tuesday, as Russia continues its war in Ukraine and seeks to divide Western allies.
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