Good morning. Of all the scary things about the recent military escalation between Russia and Nato, perhaps the most unnerving is this: it is impossible to know which incident will be the one that sends things spiralling out of control.
In the past two weeks, there have been a series of Russian incursions into Nato airspace with unpredictable consequences. First with drones, and then with fighter jets, the Kremlin appears to be testing how far Ukraine’s allies will go in response. “We do not want to see a continuation of this dangerous pattern by Russia, intentional or not,” Nato chief Mark Rutte said yesterday. “But we stand ready and willing to continue to defend every inch of allied territory.”
