The Cipher Brief Open Source Report for Friday, March 11, 2022

March 11th, 2022

Topping today’s report: Cipher Brief Expert and former NATO Supreme Allied Commander General (Ret) Phil Breedlove says ‘We in the West are completed deterred right now, Mr. Putin has deterred us.’ General Breedlove is one of 27 foreign policy experts calling for a limited no-fly zone in Ukraine to provide some protection for the humanitarian corridors. Speaking on CNN this morning Gen Breedlove says we need to shift to an ‘active deterrence’ state and retake the initiative from Russia and work to protect civilians in Ukraine. This comes as reports of new Russian attacks in the west of Ukraine, Russian advances on Kyiv and while some European leaders ramp up pressure on Putin for a ceasefire. We’ve also got news out of North Korea and why the US military wants to send commandoes back to Somalia. Let’s get to today’s report.

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