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Intelligence warnings of Russian hybrid attacks on NATO's Eastern Flank frame a doctrine proposal from former U.S.
Ambassador Gordon Sondland: when a drone crosses into Eastern European territory, when a power cable is severed beneath the Baltic Sea, or when a weapons factory explodes, the West should treat Vladimir Putin as responsible and require Moscow to prove otherwise.
Sondland calls the framework the Godfather Test. The physical record he cites is already accumulating. Germany has blamed Russia after an explosive-laden drone was found near Ukrainian cargo planes at a major airport.
A separate report warns that Russia is using its shadow fleet to probe NATO drone defenses. intelligence has warned that Russia could launch a limited attack on a NATO ally in an effort to fragment the organization.
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