Russia Provokes Nato ‘Grey Zone’ With ‘Clever Bullying’ Tactic, But It Will Escalate | Jim Townsend
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“Eventually something's going to happen in the escalation. I mean, maybe it's a mass casualty event or something that really gets us out of that grey zone into a real provocation.” It is difficult for Nato to respond to Russian provocations against Denmark and Lithuania because Putin is operating in the “murky neverland” below the threshold for triggering Article 5, says former US deputy assistant secretary of defence for Nato policy, Jim Townsend. Jim Townsend was speaking to Carole Walker on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Wednesday from 10pm-1am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/
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