Russian missiles flying over NATO territory unlikely to escalate, war research institute says in latest report on risks of aggravating relations between the West and Moscow.

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Recall, the Kremlin troops fired two cruise missiles from the Black Sea that crossed the airspace of Romania and Moldova before entering the airspace of Ukraine.

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The ongoing campaign of Russian missile strikes will continue to create peripheral risks outside of Ukraine, such as these overflights or the risk of incidents with air defense systems (as in Poland on November 15, 2022).

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However, ISW believes that NATO (and individual member countries) have full control over their response and degree of escalation in response to accidental or deliberate Russian overflights or other provocations.. ISW also continues to assess with high confidence that Putin does not seek war with NATO and is unlikely to risk an immediate escalation..