21 March 2022

WAGING INDIRECT WARS WITH THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Deploying Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

Intro: The balance relies on the assumption that Russia will recognize and respect the United States’s compliance with its self-imposed rules.
As hawkish members of both parties and the press call on President Joe Biden to pursue military involvement in Ukraine, including by implementing a “no-fly zone,” a complicated tightrope act by U.S. intelligence is receiving relatively little public attention. Current and former U.S. officials knowledgeable about the operations told The Intercept that the U.S. military has deployed extensive ISR, or intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, assets to countries neighboring Ukraine to monitor developments within the embattled nation

U.S. Quietly Assists Ukraine With Intelligence, Avoiding Direct Confrontation With Russia

When a Russian drone briefly crossed into Poland, NATO allies threatened to shoot it down. What if the United States made a similar mistake?

 President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Ukraine, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, not pictured, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, left, and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2022.

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