Russia's strike on a Romania apartment will trigger another ratcheting up of pressure on NATO to arm up its eastern flank and marks a very dangerous step towards escalation. The Kremlin will entrench and obfuscate, rationalising what may have been an error as a casualty of war in Ukraine and dismiss it for its domestic audience - which is all it really considers. Except, although likely it was an error, it may be marked down by the Kremlin as another warning to NATO. Notably, however, Polish