Is There a Risk of Escalation in Russia?

There's some evidence, it seems, we're hearing and seeing this morning, that he stepped up the assault in raki. The escalation there looks as though it may already be in place. I don't think it's in peton's interest a to escalate the war beyond the war he's currently prosecuting against ukrane. In that war, he has the upper hand. If it escalates and other countries become involved in any way beyond supplying the ucranians, think that has to be worse for him. And so in a strange kind of way, the iraqwar will ret repeat itself with entirely different actors - i take seriously that threat. But can puton live