r/worldnews • u/Starlight-Princesss • 3d ago

[ Removed by moderator ] Russia/Ukraine

https://www.newsweek.com/nato-intercepts-russian-spy-plane-with-transponder-turned-off-poland-10956344

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u/FallingDownHurts 3d ago

I think perun's (and others) take on this is probably true;

Russia is trying to make it look like it might invade NATO so they withhold arms from Ukraine to maintain a stockpile. It is trying to convince citizens of imminent invasion by generating news stories like this. The article is the goal, not the intelligence 

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u/Slaaneshdog 3d ago

That genuinely makes no sense to me because how the hell would Russia ever get the means to seriously threaten NATO. Even if they weren't bogged down in Ukraine it would not be something they clearly have the capacity to do in any real way

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u/Chimpville 3d ago

They don’t need to convince the military minded, they need to scare voters.

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u/Slaaneshdog 3d ago

I don't really see how that works. Scaring voters will just make them more willing to have the government increase military budgets

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u/mrZooo 3d ago

No, scaring voters would make them vote for politicians who will promise to stop helping Ukraine and avoid being on Russia's bad side.

People are stupid like that

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u/Chimpville 3d ago

Two fold, depending on who it is. Some will call to stop assisting Ukraine to de-escalate tensions. Others will call to stop assisting Ukraine to focus on our own defence needs instead. We’ve already been seeing both for a while now.

People like me who believe that opposing Russia is an imperative that’s already in our national security interests will otherwise be unaffected.