NATO steps up intelligence-sharing over Russia threat, top commander says
The alliance is increasing intelligence sharing as officials warn Russia may intensify sabotage, cyberattacks and other hybrid operations in coming months.
- On Thursday, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Air Force General Alexus Grynkewich announced increased intelligence-sharing, backing Denmark's assessment that Russia is likely to intensify hybrid warfare against the West in coming months.
- Denmark's defence intelligence service warned that Moscow is escalating hybrid attacks, identifying a "low but growing risk" of limited military strikes against NATO countries that border Russia.
- Grynkewich cited a "string of incidents in recent weeks," including an attempted drone attack at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport and a Russian ship firing flares toward a Danish military helicopter.
- Dismissing concerns about Russian opportunism, the commander stressed NATO remains "well positioned to defend every inch of its territory," warning Russian President Vladimir Putin against direct military aggression.
- Amid President Donald Trump's demands for increased European security responsibility, NATO is reshuffling commands, including handing Joint Force Command Norfolk to a European commander to bolster regional defense contributions.
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Vladimir Putin is not ‘in a panic’, as NATO chief Mark Rutte stated in an interview with BNR, but ‘Russia is indeed under pressure’, clarifies Peter Wijninga, defense specialist at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies. The hybrid war that Russia is currently waging against Europe is not only a sign that the Russian threat is increasing, but also a sign of weakness, Wijninga notes.
Russia ' s attack on NATO is unlikely, but it cannot be ruled out at all, said General Alexus Greenkevich, the Alliance Force Commander in Europe. NATO is intensifying intelligence exchange against the background of alleged Russian-related sabotage.
"Russia is stepping up its actions in the cyber field, among others, but ... NATO is ready for it," said Mark Rutte at a ceremony commemorating the attacks of September 11, 2001. "We have all these response options... regarding hybrid threats, to make sure we stay strong," Rutte said. The head of the military alliance urged countries to provide "more support to Ukraine" if they "really want to send a signal to the Russians in the face of every h…
There is a Russian incident, an act of sabotage, or a drone over an airport. And according to NATO chief Mark Rutte, what should Europe do then? Send more money to Ukraine. "Ensure that for every incident, hybrid or whatever, Ukraine receives not less, but more money," he said in New York. Every pr...
EADaily, September 25, 2026. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte stated that the alliance was ready to confront Russia's hybrid attacks, reported by Toronto Star.
NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Alex Grynkewich, said allies had stepped up intelligence-sharing in response to a wave of sabotage and other incidents likely linked to Russia, and urged calm in the face of threats from Moscow.
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