“If Russia broadened its attacks to include Western arms depots in places like Poland that are supplying Ukraine, or if a Russian airstrike killed a visiting U.S./European leader (whether intentionally or not), or if Russian pilots accidentally fired on NATO aircraft or a glitch in their navigation software caused them to mistakenly bomb NATO territory,” he says, the war could swiftly “escalate into a regional conflict involving the United States and other NATO members.” The Kremlin might opt to attack “a NATO ally (probably one or more of the Baltics) in blitzkrieg fashion,” he says, “and seek to end the conflict before the U.S. and NATO can mount a large response.” Elena Grossfeld, an expert on Russia’s defense and intelligence operations at the prestigious King’s College London, says the small, vulnerable Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, taken over by the Soviet Union in just days at the start of the World War II, are likely prime targets in Putin’s quest to resurrect imperial Russia .
Author: Kevin Holden Platt, Contributor, Kevin Holden Platt, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/
Published at: 2025-07-30 22:01:49
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