A series of drone sightings across NATO countries is beginning to look like a broader, coordinated campaign with suspicion increasingly falling on Russia as the culprit. "All these drones are flying over strategic or military sites which clearly suggests this is not just random hooliganism, but deliberate and coordinated actions," Ivan Stupak, a military expert and former officer with Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), told the Kyiv Independent. Over the last few weeks, drones have violated the
  • Deflated0ne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Probing reactions. Air defenses. Scramble time and strength.

    What I don’t get is why.

    Russia has its hands more than full with Ukraine. They cannot fight all of Europe. And if it becomes a nuke fight nobody wins.

    • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      Seems like a tactical mistake to alert everyone you intend to invade them.

      Unless they don’t intend to invade and are wasting everyone’s time.

      But the net result is a better-prepared Europe, which seems a negative from Putin’s point of view.