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Defence experts have issued a stark warning that conflict with Russia is inevitable unless NATO shows strength and unity in response to Moscow's escalating provocations. This follows a separate caution from Estonian defence minister Hanno Pevkur, who suggested that Moscow's recent wave of hybrid attacks is designed to force NATO members to focus on their own defence rather than supporting Ukraine.

Keir Giles, a representative from Chatham House, expressed his concerns: "I fear a kinetic war with Russia is looking inevitable, because the measures to prevent such a war are still not being taken. Russia today has little to deter it from taking on the West should the US be neutralised as a factor."

Mr Giles, who penned Who Will Defend Europe?, further commented: "Despite a

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