NATO chief calls for calm as intel agency warns Russia may ramp up hybrid attacks – WTOP News
- On Thursday, Secretary-General Mark Rutte stated NATO is capable of handling rising sabotage and drone incidents in Europe, confirming the alliance has action plans in place to address them.
- In a risk assessment released Thursday, the Danish Defense Intelligence Service warned Russia is likely to escalate its hybrid campaign—including cyberattacks and sabotage—to pressure the West and NATO.
- An Associated Press interactive map shows hybrid incidents surged from 59 in March 2025 to more than 200. Rutte believes this escalation demonstrates Russian President Vladimir Putin is losing the war in Ukraine.
- NATO Matthew Whitaker warned Tuesday against overreacting, stating current incident volumes do not indicate imminent conflict. Separately, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned Russia plans hybrid strikes on European countries.
- Russia may aim to 'paralyze or at least weaken the motivation of NATO countries' to support Ukraine, though officials note there are 'no indications that Russia will launch an outright invasion of one or several NATO countries.
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NATO is prepared to respond to sabotage and drone incidents across Europe and has plans to address such threats. Thus, as foreign media reports, Telegrafi reports, Secretary General Mark Rutte stated on Thursday. "Russia is taking more and more actions in the cyber and other fields, but... NATO is ready for this," Rutte said during an event in New York to commemorate the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. "We have all these respons…
Despite increasing hybrid attacks in Europe, NATO Secretary General Rutte calls for calm. The defence alliance is well-positioned. Ultimately, the actions would show that Russia is losing its war.
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Independent EspañolBRUSSELS (AP) — NATO is able to manage incidents of sabotage and drones in Europe and has good action plans to deal with them, said the general secretary of the alliance on Thursday, while a Danish intelligence service...
NATO Secretary General considers Russia to be "very unlikely" to see the advantage of invading a country of the Alliance. However, he warned of the increase in military production and Russian armed forces.
NATO says it can counter Russia as hybrid attacks risk rises in Europe
Mark Rutte said NATO has plans to handle suspected Russian sabotage and drone incidents across Europe. The remarks came as Denmark warned Moscow may intensify hybrid attacks to pressure Western backers of Ukraine.
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