American intelligence assessments indicate Russian President Vladimir Putin could be increasingly willing to authorize provocative actions that could extend onto NATO territory, U.S. officials briefed on the matter told CBS News.
Those actions could include hybrid operations, cyberattacks and other deniable measures short of a conventional military campaign, the officials said.
The assessments reflect a shift in Putin’s risk calculus compared with just a few months ago, U.S. officials say. The likely goal would not necessarily be to trigger a broader conflict, but to test NATO’s unity and the Trump administration’s willingness to respond to an attack on a NATO ally, according
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