Macron Orders Plan to Protect France's Critical Infrastructure Against 'Russian Hybrid Attacks'
Macron said France will mobilize state services and local officials as Russia’s hybrid attacks intensify, with 1 G7 meeting planned on energy security.
- On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron ordered the government to prepare a plan protecting critical infrastructure and defense sites from Russian drone and cyberattacks, citing an "intensified" hybrid threat.
- Officials describe recent provocations as "shadow operations," including drone flights and cyberattacks intended to intimidate European nations into reducing military support for Ukraine.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nunez mobilized state services to increase vigilance, while authorities monitor risks similar to an alleged state-sponsored drone attack on Leipzig airport last month.
- Macron also announced France will host a G7 meeting in the coming weeks to coordinate energy crisis responses and consider options to unlock strategic gas reserves.
- Asserting "we are not intimidated," Macron vowed these provocations will not go unanswered while maintaining Europe's security depends on continued support for Ukraine against Russia.
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With the prices of maximum fuels and the Russian threat advancing over Europe, Emmanuel Macron explained to the French that inflation is not the fault of the government. The message he wanted to leave the country is simple: French society must remain united in the face of threats. Already the Russian hybrid attacks will not be left unanswered. Politologists argue that the French President is also pushing foreign policy to the heart of the presid…
Radio France Internationale
rtl.luMacron warns of Russian 'hybrid' threat after meeting presidential hopefuls
Macron also vowed that Russia's attacks on French soil would not go unanswered, speaking after talks with presidential hopefuls and party leaders ahead of the April-May election. "The Russian hybrid threat against Europeans and against France has intensified," Macron told journalists. The meeting with France's political leaders, held in the Elysee Palace's crisis room, was intended to brief attendees on confidential French intelligence assessmen…
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he had ordered measures to protect the country's key infrastructure and defense industry sites from growing Russian hybrid attacks, AFP reported, BTA reported. "The Russian hybrid threat against Europeans and against France is increasing," he said, adding that "the government will prepare a plan to protect critical infrastructure" and the "most sensitive" defense industry sites against drones and c…
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Lietuvos Radijas ir TelevizijaMacron orders protection of French infrastructure from Russian hybrid attacks
The French president said the threat to Europe from Moscow's shadow warfare had "intensified".
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