Is Putin pushing the world to see how much he can 'get away with'?

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The constant increase in what Putin does in Ukraine and now the drones into Polish territory. Is he pushing to see what he can get away with? Test Trump? Test Europe? See if he can keep on taking bits of Ukraine and after launching attacks on Kiev which included UN buildings with no response he's pushing more?

Latest from Poland on the BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2enwk1l9e1t

Trumps response

"Trump questions why Russia would 'violate' Poland's airspacepublished at 16:14
16:14
US President Donald Trump has weighed in on the situation, posting on his social media platform Truth Social.
In a short statement, he writes: “What’s with Russia violating Poland’s airspace with drones? Here we go!”

Russian response
Russia's ambiguous response is subtle but importantpublished at 16:07
16:07
Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring
Moscow's response to claims that it sent drones to Poland has been ambiguous.
It stopped short of issuing an explicit denial, instead arguing that it had no plans to attack targets in Poland.
The difference is subtle but important, as it leaves open the possibility that Russia could have sent unarmed drones to Poland.
Moscow also stated that the range of its drones used against Ukraine last night did not exceed 700km (435 miles) - without specifying what it meant in the context of the Polish drone incursion.
Even if the claim is true - and there have been reports suggesting that Russian Shahed drones can fly distances of more than 1000km (612 miles) - it does not put eastern Poland out of range.
The gist of the Kremlin's messaging seems to be: "It may or may not have been us, but we definitely did not want to hit you with explosives. Not this time."

Poland shot down the Russian drones but is not happy (obviously).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c147065pzdzo

Yes he is. So is Netanyahu.

Yes, he's prodding the NATO bear to see if it will wake up and do anything. Whether it will or not, we'll see.

Yes.

Since Israel has been getting away with a lot Putin must be thinking what can they do to me

It won’t.

Everything is not about the Israel Hamas war. There's a million threads about that. Maybe just allow a space to talk about another war?

Not related. Putin has been doing all sorts for years. Remember the Crimea?

I agree, I think NATO will want to avoid all out war.

Yes. And he has been increasing Russia's military spending for years.

Probably been years in planning to invade Ukraine. Crimea went well for him, captured it so off he went for another country.

Give it a rest.

Well he pushing Estonia now. How many airspaces will he fly into to see what happens 🤔