The 4 counteroffensive scenarios
Ukraine’s much-heralded counteroffensive has only just begun but already the politics are boiling over. Last week politicians and analysts close to President Putin threatened nuclear Armageddon once more and said Moscow might disrupt Europe’s internet by slicing underwater cables.
Nato is also sabre-rattling. Its secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has repeatedly declared that Ukraine’s future lies in the military alliance. Flights across Europe are being rerouted because of the military alliance’s biggest air manoeuvres, conducted this month over Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.
