Russia Puts Lives at Risk Across Europe with Hybrid Attacks, Kallas Says
EU diplomats are weighing emergency response teams and crisis funding as officials warn a major hybrid attack could kill allied citizens.
- On Monday in Brussels, European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas warned that Russia is endangering lives across Europe through hybrid attacks during a briefing alongside Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tofan.
- Recent weeks have seen a spike in Russian hybrid attacks and sabotage attempts across Europe, with missiles and drones repeatedly violating Moldovan airspace over the weekend.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned last week that Germany faces similar hybrid threats, pledging continued support for Ukraine following Russia's September 30 air campaign targeting energy infrastructure.
- Authorities have linked Moscow to an attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport in August, though Russia has rejected accusations from Western governments regarding its involvement in hybrid operations.
- The spike in sabotage reflects an intensifying hybrid campaign affecting European security, with trends monitored by groups like The Misinformation Monitor, which tracks international narratives.
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The European Union's (EU) capitals are preparing discreetly decisions on the reaction to a possible hybrid attack with numerous victims - a scenario that seems more likely, according to five EU diplomats and officials. In this context, however, there are differences on the extent of the role that the EU should have in security matters, being objections related to a possible oversight of NATO's security issues, writes POLITICAL. POLITICAL Article…
EU capitals are silently preparing for how the bloc should respond to a hybrid large-scale attack that would cause more citizens to die — a scenario that seems increasingly likely, according to five EU diplomats and officials, to inform Politico.
Preparations are underway behind the scenes in European Union capitals for a joint response to a potential mass hybrid attack that could kill citizens, five EU diplomats and officials told Politico, a scenario that they say is increasingly likely.
Ambassadors Discuss Crisis ScenariosDiscussions about the crisis scenario have been taking place for several weeks at closed meetings of ambassadors from the 27 EU countries. Discussions intensified following the discovery of an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig Airport in August of this year, a fire at the Polish Starlink communications station, and attempts to plant incendiary devices in air shipments in the EU and the UK. "We must be prepared …
The hypothesis is no longer just that of a cyberattack paralyzing infrastructure or a new sabotage operation.
EU capitals are quietly preparing for a scenario in which they would have to respond to a major hybrid attack that would reportedly kill more citizens — an outcome that seems increasingly likely, Politico reported, citing five EU diplomats and officials.
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