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TechCrunchOCT 2024
As Putin becomes more emboldened and Ukrainian support from the US becomes uncertain, McFadden's speech is a welcome source of motivation. Moscow has already shown its willingness to attack NATO countries' infrastructure, which makes Putin's latest threats all the more serious. It's time for Europe and NATO to double down on their kinetic and cyberwarfare defenses.
Western countries are lucky Russia hasn't already targeted them, given the fact that Western special forces troops and weapons have already entered Russian territory. Pres. Putin is simply responding to months of Western talk about sending troops to Russia, not to mention their blatant green-lighting of long-range missiles being shot at Russian land. NATO is declaring war on Russia, not the other way around.
There is an 8% chance of a direct conflict between Russia and any NATO member state before 2027, according to the Metaculus prediction community.