Phase Zero: Russia’s Shadow War Against NATO Has Already Started - #angryveteran

Added: 2026-05-30

[00:00:13]Some European defense analysts are now saying something uncomfortable.

[00:00:17]We may already be in phase zero of the next war with Russia.

[00:00:22]That does not mean open war is inevitable. It does not mean Russian tanks roll into Poland tomorrow.

[00:00:30]It means the preparation phase may already be underway.

[00:00:35]Sabotage, cyber attacks, GPS jamming, propaganda, airspace probes, [music] political intimidation, and information warfare [music] aimed at making democratic societies tired, divided, and easier to manipulate.

[00:00:53]Russia does not need to beat NATO in a clean fight. That would be stupid, [music] and Putin is many things, but he is not stupid >> [music] >> in that way.

[00:01:04]The smarter move is to stay below the threshold, hit the cables, jam the signals, fund the useful idiots, flood the media space, [music] make voters angry at each other, make Ukraine look like a lost cause, [music] then wait for Western democracies to start arguing themselves into paralysis.

[00:01:27]And if Russia succeeds in Ukraine, the next pressure point may not be Berlin or Warsaw.

[00:01:33]>> [music] >> It could be Moldova. More specifically, Transnistria.

[00:01:39]Transnistria is a Russian-backed breakaway region inside Moldova, sitting along Ukraine's western flank. It is not just some frozen [music] Soviet souvenir. It is a lever.

[00:01:51]A place Russia can use to pressure Moldova, threaten Ukraine from another direction, and test how serious Europe really is about defending the gray zones.

[00:02:02]Right now, the map may look bad for Russia in some places and [music] bad for Ukraine in others.

[00:02:09]War is ugly that way.

[00:02:12]The immediate results can look fixed until they turn on a dime.

[00:02:17]A front can freeze for months, then crack in a week.

[00:02:21]A government can look stable, >> [music] >> then suddenly panic.

[00:02:26]An alliance can look tired, then remember why it exists.

[00:02:31]So, phase zero is not a prediction. It is a warning label.

[00:02:36]Russia is already preparing the battlefield, not just with soldiers, >> [music] >> but with fear, confusion, sabotage, and lies.

[00:02:45]And the center of gravity is not only Ukraine. It is NATO.

[00:02:50]NATO is not charity. It is not some dusty Cold War Club with flags [music] and catered meetings. It is the reason Russia has to think twice before [music] testing the borders of Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, [music] or Romania.

[00:03:07]It is the wall that turns one country's border problem into an alliance problem.

[00:03:13]And that only works if the treaty means something.

[00:03:16]So, if you are American, contact your representative. [music] Contact your senators. Tell them plainly, honor the NATO treaty. Defend Article 5. Support Ukraine.

[00:03:30]Protect the alliance before we find out what Europe looks like without it.

[00:03:35]This is not about loving every NATO member's politics.

[00:03:38]>> [music] >> It is not about pretending Europe always carries its weight.

[00:03:42]It is about [music] understanding that deterrence is cheaper than panic, and alliances are cheaper than world wars.

[00:03:50]The question is >> [music] >> whether democracies recognize the war before it becomes the kind everybody [music] finally agrees to call a war.

[00:03:59]Because by then, the cheap options are usually gone.

[00:04:07]>> And now it's time FOR THE THROW BOT.