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Russia gets “the true nature of the battlefield” in a way the West does not. The power lies in information.
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Pollock doesn't seem to get it either.

Russia is using a whole-of-government approach, including generous use of propaganda, to fight what it regards as a conflict with the West. The West does not agree that there is even a conflict, whereas it did during the Cold War.

There is nothing new here. Plausible deniability and stunts such as Crimea only work during small proxy wars of choice where there is no direct great power war.

The West now believes that there is a conflict between it and Russia, and has begun countering Russia's non-military or "soft power" offensives.