Europe faces Russian hybrid attacks across multiple countries

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Sept, 18:40 · Archive

European leaders accuse Russia of conducting hybrid warfare attacks across the continent.

Germany blames Russia for an explosion at Leipzig airport. Recent incidents include a Russian drone strike on a train near the Ukraine-Poland border, an Italian jet shooting down a Russian drone over Lithuania, and flares fired from a Russian warship at a Danish helicopter. European leaders characterise these as hybrid warfare escalating beyond the military conflict in Ukraine.

How it is being reported

• How is Europe dealing with ‘hybrid war’?European leaders accuse Russia of hybrid warfare.Al Jazeera · 21 Sept, 18:12
• Europe is under attack from three sides – but the EU and Nato are unfit to defend us | Nathalie TocciUrsula von der Leyen’s outreach to Canada and new security proposals are wise – but she may not be the right messenger Europe’s strategic predicament is ever clearer, and ever darker. The continent is at war, which is being fought militarily in Ukraine, but is escalating rapidly across Europe through hybrid attacks. Germany’s disclosure that it blames Russia for the explosion at Leipzig airport; a Russian drone strike on a train near the Ukraine-Poland border; an Italian jet shooting down a Russian drone over Lithuania ; flares fired from a Russian warship at a Danish helicopter – all within…The Guardian · 21 Sept, 16:37

In this story: Russia · Germany · Ukraine · Poland · Lithuania · Denmark · Italy

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