A new level of aggression from Russia?
Episode description
This week a swarm of Russian heavy drones flew into Poland, a NATO member, and several of them were intercepted and shot down. The incident has raised a number of questions, as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called it “a large-scale provocation”. Thomas Graham, a Russia expert and a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Thanos Davelis as we look at what this incident means for Europe, for NATO, and for ongoing talks on Ukraine.
You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:
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Putin’s Message to Ukraine, Europe and Trump: I Won’t Back Down
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