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Russia’s Slow-Motion Invasion of Ukraine

During the Cold War, the Soviets hatched scenarios for making incursions into Western Europe that in many ways resemble Russia’s behavior in Ukraine—”for example, a fire-engine crew crossing into West Berlin to help with a fire, followed by police, followed by soldiers, who then refuse to go,” Badsey said. “Putin learned all this as basic early in his career, as did all his generals.”