'World War III is getting closer,' former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in mid-July.
t in Europe would fall on NATO should it fail to pull through with military aid for Kyiv.
Ukrainian border guards run during exercises near the Alexeevka check point on the border between Ukraine and Russia on March 21, 2014. Several situations involving NATO countries and Russia could trigger a significant escalation of the war in Ukraine, a new report from the RAND Corporation has argued.
But NATO countries building up higher-readiness forces and long-range strike capabilities in close proximity to Russian territory, along with talk of Ukraine quickly joining the alliance,"could convince Moscow that it is on a slippery slope to direct NATO intervention," the RAND report said.
And should a Russian strike on Ukrainian territory kill NATO officials—even unintentionally—this could also mean increased pressure on the alliance to attack Russia. Again, Russia could opt to pre-empt the alliance's response and strike first, the report suggested.The deaths of U.S. military personnel in or around the Black Sea could also precipitate a crisis, the report added.
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