At a security conference in Tallinn, NATO's deputy commander for Europe warned that Vladimir Putin is growing dangerously reckless as his war in Ukraine drags on, turning to a shadowy campaign of sabotage, cyberattacks, and covert disruption across European soil to fracture Western resolve. The incidents — more than 210 tracked by September, up from 59 in March — reflect not a position of strength but of a leader under pressure, searching for leverage where conventional warfare has grown costly. History has seen this pattern before: when direct confrontation proves too costly, power seeks the