Putin's IBS<p>It's enough to send little green men* to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a> to protect supposedly oppressed <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> minorities," <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bruno_Kahl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bruno_Kahl</span></a> told <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Table_Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Table_Media</span></a>.</p><p>*<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>'s 2014 annexation of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Crimea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crimea</span></a> involved occupation of buildings and offices by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> soldiers in unmarked uniforms and civilian clothes, who came to be known as the "little green men" when <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moscow</span></a> initially denied their identity.</p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-has-plans-test-natos-resolve-german-intelligence-chief-warns-2025-06-09" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/russia-has-p</span><span class="invisible">lans-test-natos-resolve-german-intelligence-chief-warns-2025-06-09</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/putinisamasskiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putinisamasskiller</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/putinisawarcriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putinisawarcriminal</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@kardinal691" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kardinal691</span></a></span></p>