How Putin Has Stepped up Hybrid Attacks on Europe Through 2026
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Putin’s Shadow War Against Europe Is Getting More Intense
Grueling wars are now the global norm. For years, a brutal conflict has consumed Ukraine. For months, a grinding faceoff has convulsed the Persian Gulf. Now Russia is escalating a different kind of fight: a shadow war of violent, quasi-covert coercion against Europe. The continent, once a paragon of post-Cold War peace, faces a dangerous struggle, just as ambiguous signals from Washington make Moscow harder to deter.
As Bloomberg noted, Putin's hybrid war against Europe is only intensifying.
Russia has been waging a so-called "shadow war" against Europe for more than a decade, using sabotage, cyberattacks, arson and other covert operations. Now, as the war in Ukraine drags on, Moscow is putting increasing pressure on European countries.
Years of grueling wars have become a global reality: a protracted violent conflict is weakening Ukraine, and a tense standoff has been raging in the Persian Gulf for months. At the same time, Russia is embarking on a different kind of struggle — the so-called “shadow war” based on violent, almost covert pressure on Europe, writes Bloomberg columnist Gal Brands.
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