Correspondent in Washington.
The confrontation between the Russian and American secret services unfolds in an unusual way.
The shadow war takes place this time in broad daylight, in a major global media battle.
To the Russian doctrine of hybrid warfare, the Americans oppose a new method of counter-information.
Since the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis, the American president or the main officials of his Administration have regularly made public, sometimes almost in real time, classified information on the next Russian movements, in order to anticipate them.
This tactic aims to deprive their adversary of the element of surprise, such as that which Moscow had benefited from by seizing Crimea in 2014 or by attacking Georgia in 2008.
Clandestine operations
After Biden's statements last Friday, where the US president assured that Russian forces intend to attack in the coming days, his national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, explained to…
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