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It never just means disinformation and propaganda, but a broad arsenal of instruments, from sabotage to the infiltration and financing of parties in the West to the violation of the airspace of NATO states by Russian fighter planes,
We have to conclude, without knowing exactly who did it, that it is a hybrid action and we also have to assume — without knowing it — that it is sabotage,
said German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius The Europeans need to respond in a much more united, forceful way,
said Byman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies A lot of fake news is being spread, for example that German soldiers raped women and wanted to occupy Lithuania,
said Darius Jauniškis, the head of the Lithuanian secret service If we miss this opportunity, Russia will only gain more traction,
When something happens, just go public,
The EU’s response remains united and determined,
Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said in an emailed statement Why do we call it hybrid? Because basically when you call it hybrid you don’t need to do anything about it,
Landsbergis told a security conference in Riga last month NATO is a defensive military alliance that thinks in terms of peacetime and wartime,
General Thierry Burkhard, France’s chief of the defense staff, told the French newspaper Le Figaro earlier this month We are simply too polite,
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on the sidelines of a NATO summit in July We have been observing aggressive actions by the Russian intelligence services for some time now,
said Thomas Haldenwang, who recently stepped down as president of Germany’s federal domestic intelligence agency I don’t think [we can] rule that out in the future,
the senior NATO official said Russia is testing the limits of Article 5 to stir up uncertainty,
Roderich Kiesewetter, a German lawmaker and former general staff officer in the German military, said earlier this year Russia is using the entire toolbox, from influencing political discussions to cyber attacks on critical infrastructure to sabotage on a significant scale,
Most countries don’t want to be openly confronting Russia more than they already are,
The world has air defense systems capable of defending against this kind of threat too,
Ukraine is not a testing ground for weapons. Ukraine is a sovereign and independent state. But Russia still continues its efforts to kill our people, spread fear and panic, and weaken us,
Zelenskyy said in a statement on Sunday morning We are working with our partners to do so. It is crucial to strengthen the defence of our skies,
The UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were flying in different directions towards Kyiv,
said Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration An air alert has been sounded almost daily across Ukraine this week,
Zelenskyy said on Telegram messenger
