U.S. and Ukraine Differ Over Russian Threat, Worrying Both – WSJ

KYIV, Ukraine American and Ukrainian officials continue to differ over how immediate a threat Russian forces arrayed around Ukraine could pose, even as Western military supplies flow into the embattled country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his top security advisers say the main danger is Moscow s effort to destabilize the country, not an all-out Russian attack, and they want to avoid frightening the public and disrupting the economy.

The clashing assessments turn more on a divergent reading of Russian President Vladimir Putin s intentions than on an evaluation of Russia s military capabilities.

I am convinced that the president is not confused about the seriousness of the threat. I think that the difference is probably in the assessment of intentions, said Ben Hodges, the former commander of U.S. Army forces in Europe who met earlier this week with Mr. Zelensky in Kyiv.

via www.wsj.com

This is a really dangerous situation. (We here at the RC are never afraid to point out the obvious.)