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When we think of a war between countries,
we usually think of physical acts of conflict, like shellings or drone strikes.
But over the past few years,
governments and the media have been using the phrase, war in the grey zone.
It refers to something that isn't an overt act of war,
but it's not peaceful cooperation either,
actions that are meant to meddle with or sabotage a country in some way.
Many countries have accused Russia of this grey zone warfare.
Grigor Atanasian of BBC Russian has been exploring if...
How and why Russia might be waging war in the gray zone.
Welcome to the fifth floor, Grigor.
Thank you.
So give us some examples of gray zone warfare.
What kind of things are we talking about when we're talking about gray zone warfare?
So the clever definition of the gray zone warfare is an operational space between war and peace.
And this could be cyber attacks,