As a response to NATO and the Ukrainian government's use of terrorism, assassinations, and sabotage in territories outside of Ukraine,<ref>http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/press_conferences/69366</ref> in September 2022 the Russian State Duma began a debate to upgrade the status of the special operation to a midlevel between a "special operation" and a full mobilization war, referred to as a counterterrorism operation which could possibly extend outside the borders of the Russian Federation and Ukraine.
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===Russian response to NATO interference: partial mobilization===
===Russian response to NATO interference: partial mobilization===