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Russia to Consider ‘NATO Peacekeepers’ as Targets if Deployed in Ukraine, Medvedev Says
Russia will consider so-called NATO peacekeepers as legitimate targets if they get deployed in Ukraine on the front line, Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.
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Is this the beginning of an escalation of the war?
And which side is intending to start the escalation?
The key question being on Nato's article 5 coming into effect?