LONDON (Reuters) - A decision by the West to provide arms to Ukraine could prompt a rapid escalation of Russian support for separatists battling government forces in the east of the country, a global security think-tank said on Wednesday.
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) also said the kind of hybrid warfare it said Russia was conducting in Ukraine represented a "grave threat" to NATO as the military alliance is ill-prepared to deal with it.
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