It is still possible that the showdown between Russia and the West will not end up with a war in the heart of Europe. Nonetheless, one form of warfare has already gripped the continent: an intense information war in which Western intelligence agencies - principally those of the United States and of Britain - are doing most of the "shooting".
Not a week passes by without a new revelation from a US or British official about how Russia is preparing to destabilise Ukraine.
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