The new line is "ISW specialists suggest Moscow is now likely conducting 'coordinated preparatory actions as part of a phase aimed at creating physical and psychological conditions' for possible military emergencies." 

When I examine the sources promoting World War III, it comes down to three, and none is trustworthy, to say the least. All three put out "opinion" based analysis that is by no means objective.

A Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) report prepared for the EU finance ministers argued that Russia's economy is "only superficially resilient" and that underlying imbalances and structural weaknesses make continued large-scale war spending unsustainable.