This is why the US and allies make public intelligence revelations about the Kremlin’s intentions and the movements of Russian forces

LONDON – “Speak softly and carry a big stick”: speak softly and carry a big stick with you. It was the slogan of Harry Truman, the American president who dropped the atomic bombs on Japan at the end of the Second World War and started the cold war with the Soviet Union. In the conflict in Ukraine, however, the United States and its allies have often spoken aloud, not hesitating to condemn Putin for genocide and war crimes but above all by announcing the ambition to “win” and “weaken” Russia, as President Biden, US Defense Minister Austin, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Foreign Minister Liz Truss, among others, said.