A local resident reacts in front of a destroyed school after a strike in the city of Bakhmut, eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on June 8, 2022. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images) Russia escalates threats against West in response to cyberattacks Russia experts said the escalating and increasingly overheated threats are typical of how the Russians engage diplomatically and are not a cause for worry. Jun 9, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley