“Current Russian messaging is about how Putin increasingly feels backed into a corner and that the only path forward he has is escalation,” said Jennifer Kavanagh, director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, a Washington-based think tank, who recently visited Moscow. “Maybe it’s a little bit to intimidate, but it’s also to encourage a greater Western effort at de-escalation.
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