Russia may be behind hundreds of suspicious incidents in Europe in 2024 – Czech foreign minister
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky has said that Russia could be involved in 100 suspicious incidents in Europe that occurred over the course of 2024. Source: European Pravda with reference to Reuters Details: Lipavsky said that Russia could be behind up to a hundred "suspicious incidents" in Europe this year.
Advertisement:"This year there were 500 suspicious incidents in Europe.
Up to 100 of them can be attributed to Russian hybrid attacks, espionage, influence operations.
We need to send a strong signal to Moscow that this won't be tolerated," Lipavsky said.
Background:
- Recently, the UK government stressed that Russia was ready to launch a "wave of cyberattacks" against the country.
- It has also been reported that Sweden and Norway are abandoning plans to create fully cashless systems because they fear this would leave them vulnerable to security threats from Russia.
- Given the security risks, Admiral Rob Bauer, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, said that the Alliance countries would have to spend about 3% of their gross domestic product on defence.
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