RT by @mikenov: RT by @mikenov: 🇷🇺 RUSSIA’S “HYBRID WAR” IS STARTING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE WAR Europe keeps calling Russia’s campaign a “hybrid war.” The problem is that the hybrid part is becoming increasingly difficult to spot. Germany now formally blames Russia for the explosive-laden drone found at Leipzig/Halle Airport. Poland is investigating possible foreign intelligence involvement in a fire at a factory supplying Ukrainian drone components. Meanwhile, Russian drones and aircraft are increasingly crossing NATO airspace. The pattern has moved from cyberattacks and GPS interference to sabotage, explosive drones and repeated incursions into NATO territory. Former NATO Assistant Secretary

🇷🇺 RUSSIA’S “HYBRID WAR” IS STARTING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE WAR

Europe keeps calling Russia’s campaign a “hybrid war.” The problem is that the hybrid part is becoming increasingly difficult to spot.

Germany now formally blames Russia for the explosive-laden drone found at Leipzig/Halle Airport. Poland is investigating possible foreign intelligence involvement in a fire at a factory supplying Ukrainian drone components. Meanwhile, Russian drones and aircraft are increasingly crossing NATO airspace.

The pattern has moved from cyberattacks and GPS interference to sabotage, explosive drones and repeated incursions into NATO territory.

Former NATO Assistant Secretary General Camille Grand:

“We’re indeed in a hybrid war, which is no longer all that hybrid anymore.”

And that may be Europe’s real problem.

Each incident remains just below the threshold that would demand a military response. But stack enough incidents together and the distinction between “hybrid warfare” and warfare starts looking increasingly semantic.

Source: POLITICO, Foreign Policy / Writer: Oliver

— @MarioNawfal Sep 4, 2026