以乌克兰总统为首的官员们警告称，俄罗斯似乎正准备对基辅乃至整个欧洲发动军事升级。
Officials, led by Ukraine’s president, warned that Russia appeared to be readying military escalation against Kyiv and Europe more broadly.
弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基向《金融时报》透露，乌克兰截获的通讯信息显示，克里姆林宫正在放宽战争规则，允许对民用设施发动更多攻击。他还表示，预计莫斯科会加大对乌克兰各大城市的打击力度。
Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Financial Times that his country intercepted communications suggesting the Kremlin was loosening its rules of war to allow for greater targeting of civilian sites, adding that he expected Moscow to intensify strikes against Ukraine’s biggest cities.
与此同时，北约官员对俄罗斯威胁动用核武来应对所谓‘孤立加里宁格勒飞地’的计划表示担忧；不过欧洲各国领导人坚称根本不存在此类计划。
NATO officials, meanwhile, voiced alarm over Russia’s threat to use its nuclear arsenal to respond to what it said were plans to isolate the enclave of Kaliningrad; European leaders insisted there were no such proposals.
一位长期观察克里姆林宫动态的专家写道：‘俄罗斯似乎正在为制造‘假旗行动’做准备，或者只是重拾其恐吓策略。无论哪种情况，这都值得警惕。’— 普拉尚特·拉奥
“Russia seems to be laying the groundwork for a false flag or maybe just returning to its fear-mongering playbook,” a veteran Kremlin-watcher wrote. “Either way, it’s important.”— Prashant Rao