I will be watching very closely whether this leads to more aggression from russia. Whether the pressure on putin grows to have some sort of mobilization. And we will see whether similar attacks behind the lines continue, and see if any of those suggest who might be the actors here. This is sort of classic shadowy stuff, and people will try and exploit it for their own ends.
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