Buuxi weedha soo socota: Bishii Agoosto 2017, Wasiir ku-xigeenka Arrimaha Dibadda ee Ruushka Sergei Ryabkov ayaa beeniyay sheegashada ah in Mareykanka iyo Ruushka ay leeyihiin dagaal kale oo qabow, in kasta oo ay jiraan xiisado socda oo u dhexeeya labada dal iyo cunaqabatayntii ugu dambeysay ee Mareykanka ee ka dhanka ahayd Ruushka. Arday ka qalin jabisay Jaamacadda East Anglia Oliver Steward iyo Casimir Pulaski Foundation Stanisław Koziej sanadkii 2017 waxay ku tilmaameen jimicsiga Zapad 2017, oo ah jimicsi militari oo ay sameeyeen Ruushka, oo qayb ka ah Dagaalkii Qaboobaa ee cusub. Bishii Maarso 2018, Madaxweynaha Ruushka Vladimir Putin wuxuu u sheegay wariye Megyn Kelly wareysi: "Fikradayda ayaa ah in shaqsiyaadka sheegay in dagaal cusub oo qabow uu bilaabmay aysan ahayn falanqeeyayaal. Waxay sameeyaan dacaayad". Michael Kofman, oo ah cilmi baare sare oo ka tirsan shirkada CNA Corporation isla markaana ka tirsan machadka Kennan ee xarunta Wilson Center ayaa sheegay in dagaalka cusub ee qabow ee Ruushka "uu ku saabsan yahay badbaadadiisa awood ahaan nidaamka caalamiga ah, iyo sidoo kale ku haynta haraadiga boqortooyadii Ruushka". Lyle Goldstein, oo ah borofisar cilmi baare oo ka tirsan kulliyada dagaal ee ciidamada badda ee Maraykanka ayaa sheegay in xaaladaha
Georgia iyo Ukraine "waxay u muuqdeen inay bixiyaan sheeko loo baahan yahay dagaal cusub oo qabow".