Putin is dangerously escalating his shadow war against the West

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Vladimir Putin dreams of dismantling Nato and discrediting Article 5 of the alliance’s founding treaty: in which members pledge to treat an attack against one ally as an attack against all. While the drone incursion into Poland was a dangerous escalation, it is hardly the first time the Russians have engaged in aggression against a Nato member.

Following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian intelligence has conducted hybrid war operations against the West with extraordinary brazenness. 

Ivana Stradner serves as a research fellow with FDD’s Barish Center for Media Integrity.