VLADIMIR Putin's brazen sabre-rattling against Nato allies in recent weeks has left the world trying to decipher the Russian tyrant's game plan.

In the latest episode of Battle Plans Exposed , former intelligence officer Philip Ingram lays bare the real reason behind the dictators daring airspace incursions.

Following a wave of aerial invasions by Moscow threatening European security, the continent is now on a war footing to fight Putin's aggression.

Ingram says the Kremlin's real motive behind the recent spate of territorial violations is to stir panic and sap resources as part of a " dangerous game of chicken ".

The expert says: "It's a classic decoy, he's deliberately trying to sap Western time, money and resources away from the real war in Ukraine."

He adds: "While politicians

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