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The Pentagon has reportedly urged several NATO countries, including Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, to tone down public statements about the Russian threat, Reuters reported, citing four people familiar with the matter.
Pentagon officials argued that some remarks by European leaders and officials undermine the continent's security, according to the sources.
Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon's policy chief and a key figure in the review of US troop numbers in Europe, was among the officials who passed on the message.
One source said US officials noticed European claims that Russia is cornered and resorting to ever more desperate measures while its invasion of Ukraine has stalled.
Colby cited Europeans saying Russia is cornered "like a rat" as unhelpful rhetoric, and Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal had called Putin a "rat in a corner" in late September.
The sources did not say whether the same messages, delivered in bilateral meetings, reached other European governments.
“Private conversations between allies remain private, so we will not comment on these claims”
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