Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Agusta 2017, Mataimakin Ministan Harkokin Wajen Rasha Sergei Ryabkov ya musanta zargin cewa Amurka da Rasha suna da wani yakin basasa, duk da ci gaba da tashin hankali tsakanin kasashen biyu da sabbin takunkumin Amurka kan Rasha. Wani dalibi mai digiri na biyu na Jami'ar East Anglia Oliver Steward da babban jami'in Gidauniyar Casimir Pulaski Stanisław Koziej a cikin 2017 sun danganta Zapad 2017 motsa jiki, aikin soja na Rasha, a matsayin wani ɓangare na sabon Yakin Cacar Baki. A watan Maris na 2018, Shugaban Rasha Vladimir Putin ya gaya wa 'yar jarida Megyn Kelly a cikin wata hira: "Ra'ayina shi ne cewa mutanen da suka ce an fara sabon Yakin Cacar Baki ba manazarta ba ne. Suna yin farfaganda". Michael Kofman, wani babban masanin kimiyya a kamfanin CNA da kuma ma'aikaci a Cibiyar Wilson Center ta Cibiyar Kennan ya ce sabon yakin basasa ga Rasha "ya shafi rayuwarta a matsayin iko a cikin tsarin kasa da kasa, kuma game da riƙe ragowar daular Rasha". Lyle Goldstein, farfesa mai bincike a Kwalejin Yakin Amurka ta Amurka ya yi iƙirarin cewa yanayin da ke cikin
Georgia da Ukraine "kamar suna ba da labarin da ake buƙata don sabon Yakin Cacar Baki".