Speaking to reporters after an informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Prague, Blinken stressed that “almost all allied countries have been victims of the intensification of Russian hybrid attacks.”
He stressed: “We know what they are doing and we will respond individually and collectively if necessary.”
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Libavski stressed that NATO must “act and work together to prevent” these attacks.
“It’s very serious, my interpretation is that [o Presidente russo Vladimir] “Putin decided to choose escalation because he felt less secure since his election,” Lipavsky added.
Among examples of this type of action, Russia removed the buoys that marked its border with Estonia on the Narva River last week, as Tallinn condemned this provocation.
Polish security services announced, on Wednesday, the arrest of three people suspected of setting fires “in the name” of Russia, in several regions of Poland.
In late April, a 20-year-old British man was charged in the United Kingdom after being accused of organizing attacks against “Ukraine-linked companies.”
Blinken also denounced the increase in cyberattacks and disinformation activities carried out by Russia.
Poland said today that a false report that appeared on the national news agency PAP service, stating that 200,000 Poles would be mobilized to fight in Ukraine, may have been the result of a Russian cyberattack.
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna warned Monday, in an interview with Agence France-Presse, that Russia seeks to “test our limits” and exploit our fears by increasing its hybrid attacks.
“We have noticed an increase in the activity of Russian intelligence services on the territory of the alliance,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg noted on Tuesday in Brussels.
“Therefore, we have increased our vigilance and our agencies are closely monitoring what the Russians are doing,” Stoltenberg said.
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