The publication emphasizes that Moscow is already trying to deplete Great Britain’s resources by diverting its “shadow” fleet of oil tankers around the English Channel – one of their ships was already detained there by the Royal Marines last month.
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However, there is now a threat that Moscow may resort to much more serious provocations.
“There is currently a strong belief that Putin is preparing for some direct confrontation with NATO in the coming months. This is due to several factors – the belief that Trump’s attention is diverted by Iran, and signs indicating disagreements within the Ukrainian leadership,” one of the publication’s sources noted.
At the same time, according to a “Daily Mail” source, Putin’s frustration with the course of the war in Ukraine also played a role: “There is a feeling that if he [Putin] somehow fails to change the situation on the battlefield, the war will be lost.”
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He added that a change of government in the United Kingdom would also force the Russian president “to try and test Burnham and see if he can exploit any differences between the old and new administrations.”
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