Kremlin Intensifies Hybrid Attacks in Europe as Denmark Warns of Growing NATO Strike Risk
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Updated · NBC News · Sep 26
Kremlin Intensifies Hybrid Attacks in Europe as Denmark Warns of Growing NATO Strike Risk
3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Sep 26
Summary
Denmark’s defense intelligence service warned Russia will intensify hybrid warfare in Europe in coming months, with a low but rising risk of a limited attack on one or more NATO states bordering Russia.
A thwarted drone attack at an eastern German airport last month sharpened alarm, and recent incidents have hit defense sites in Estonia, rail networks in Poland and Germany’s power grid amid near-daily airspace incursions.
NATO’s eastern flank is already reacting: Lithuania has evacuation plans for older adults and is open to hosting nuclear weapons, Finland told citizens to prepare for sabotage, and France is hardening critical infrastructure.
U.S. officials say they are monitoring the threat closely as Washington weighs reducing forces in Europe, a backdrop allies fear could encourage Moscow to probe Article 5 without triggering all-out war.
Baltic governments still say no conventional invasion is imminent because Russia remains tied down in Ukraine, but they warn provocations and false-flag operations are becoming more aggressive.