‘Putin will not stop there’ – does this phrase imply a potential Russian attack on a NATO country if successful in Ukraine, a propagandist cliché or a prescient warning? Currently, there are two prevailing views in the West regarding the war in Ukraine. The first sees it as an existential challenge to Europe, for which it was unprepared.

“Putin will not stop there” - is this phrase, which implies the likely attack of Russia on one of the NATO countries if successful in Ukraine, a propaganda cliche or a perspicacious warning? Currently in the West there is two views of the war in Ukraine. The first considers it as an existential challenge to Europe, for which she was not ready.