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The purpose of CIA Director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow this week was to warn Russia not to attack NATO member states, according to multiple people familiar with the matter, amid U.S. intelligence assessments that Russia could try to test NATO.

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[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Yes, with the operative word being mobilization

Russia would need to conscript soldiers, which they tried to do a few years ago to disastrous results -- public pushback forced them to walk it back

That's why they want NATO involved, it allows them to say mobilization is needed because NATO is threatening the homeland

It's a balancing act. They want to provoke NATO enough to sell the story of NATO threatening the homeland, but not so much that Russia actually has significant fighting against MATO

Putin feels he needs a military victory, and is taking increasingly large gambles to get it

Watch closely, because the US is following a similar path, just a few years behind