On April 18, Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig was quoted in a Hill article titled, “Five deadly weapons Russia is accused of using in Ukraine.” Kroenig assesses that unconfirmed allegations of Russian chemical attacks in Ukraine could be part of a Russian “salami-slicing” strategy to test US response.
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