Russia puts lives at risk across Europe with hybrid attacks: EU foreign policy chief Kallas
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said that Europe has seen a spike in Russian hybrid attacks.
BRUSSELS β Russia is putting lives at risk across Europe with hybrid attacks, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Oct 5, at a news briefing alongside Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tofan.
βEurope has seen a spike in the Russian hybrid attacks and sabotage attempts and airspace violations in recent weeks. Russian missiles and drones violated Moldovan airspace again over the weekend. And this is completely unacceptable,β she told reporters in Brussels.
On Sept 30, Russia unleashed a widely anticipated air campaign against Ukraineβs energy grid, hitting power facilities and infrastructure around Kyiv and other regions in the heaviest combined attack on energy sites in months.
In Moldova, on Ukraineβs western border, the defence ministry said three drones had crossed into its airspace over the course of that day.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz also warned last week that Germany faced more hybrid attacks from Russia, as he pledged to continue support for Ukraine ahead of what is likely to be its harshest winter since the start of Russiaβs invasion in 2022.
The German authorities have warned repeatedly that Russia is conducting a hybrid campaign of drone and cyber attacks, accusing Moscow of being behind an attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport in August.
Moscow has rejected the accusations from Western governments and intelligence services. REUTERS
