Lithuania is training children and adults in drone operation to strengthen civil resistance against potential Russian threats. #Lithuania #DroneTraining #RussianThreat #CivilDefense 🚁

https://kokcha.news/6197/lithuania-to-train-children-in-drone-operation-the-reason-russian-threat/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Lithuania to Train Children in Drone Operation: The Reason? "Russian Threat" Kokcha News Breakingviews

Lithuania to Train Children in Drone Operation: The Reason? "Russian Threat" Kokcha News Breakingviews

Kokcha News

Let’s not be naive: Rutte urges NATO to face #Russia, #China #threats, pledges support for #Ukraine

You see what China, #NorthKorea and #Iran are doing in supporting the war effort of Russia; So this is all interconnected

Rutte emphasized that while #NATO faces multiple global challenges, from war in #Ukraine to tensions in the #MiddleEast and Russian influence in #Africa, the alliance must be able to focus on more than one crisis at a time.

https://kyivindependent.com/lets-not-be-naive-rutte-urges-nato-to-face-russia-china-threats-pledges-support-for-ukraine/

#threats #RussianThreat

'Let's not be naive' — Rutte urges NATO to face Russia, China threats, pledges support for Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said NATO's role is to ensure Ukraine has the military means to stay in the fight until "serious" peace negotiations begin.

The Kyiv Independent

#Sweden suspects #sabotage after new undersea cable damage

News comes following string of cases of damaged #undersea infrastructure in region, with some connecting incidents to #hybrid attacks & Russia’s shadow fleet

#Finnish telecom operator #Cinia described the damage as minor & said it did not impact the #cable's functionality. According to the Finnish media, this is the third time the cable has been damaged in a short span of time

https://kyivindependent.com/sweden-suspects-sabotage-after-new-undersea-cable-damage/

#RussianAggression #RussianThreat

Sweden suspects sabotage after new undersea cable damage

The fiber-optic cable, running between Finland and Germany, was damaged near the Gotland Island within the Swedish economic zone, Sweden's Coast Guard said.

The Kyiv Independent

🚨 Alert: US military bases in Europe ramp up security due to Russian sabotage threat 🇺🇸🇪🇺 Intelligence reports prompt heightened vigilance at key installations. Stay informed on this developing situation. #USmilitary #EuropeanSecurity #RussianThreat #DefenseReadiness Read more:

🔗 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/09/politics/intelligence-russian-sabotage-threat-us-bases-europe/index.html

Intelligence on Russian sabotage threat prompted increase in security at US military bases in Europe

US military bases across Europe were placed on a heightened state of alert last week for the first time in a decade after the US received intelligence that Russian-backed actors were considering carrying out sabotage attacks against US military personnel and facilities, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

CNN

🚨 US-Stützpunkte in Europa in Alarmbereitschaft! 🇺🇸🇪🇺 Pentagon besorgt über zunehmend aggressive russische Aktivitäten. Laut CNN sind Hinweise auf mögliche Sabotageakte "alarmierend genug" für verschärfte Sicherheitsmaßnahmen. Russlands verdeckte Operationen werden dreister. Wachsamkeit ist geboten! 👀 #USSecurity #RussianThreat #EuropeanDefense

🔗 https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/europas-us-stuetzpunkte-in-erhoehter-alarmbereitschaft-a-a96c6d9c-602c-4e51-af27-40768d8533b5

Russische Aktivitäten »immer dreister und aggressiver«: Europas US-Stützpunkte in erhöhter Alarmbereitschaft

Das Pentagon fürchtet mögliche Terroraktionen russischer Saboteure. Die aktuellen Hinweise sind laut CNN »alarmierend genug«, um die Sicherheitsprotokolle der US-Stützpunkte in Europa zu verschärfen.

DER SPIEGEL

In the run-up to the elections for the #EuropeanParliament, which will be held on 6-9 June, however, #Ukraine, and the implications of a #RussianThreat, has become a go-to issue for centrists as they seek to fend off the populist challenge from left and right. #russi

Ukraine is a dividing line in European election that centrists hope to exploit
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/05/ukraine-is-a-dividing-line-in-european-election-that-centrists-hope-to-exploit

Ukraine is a dividing line in European election that centrists hope to exploit

With populists on the left and right winning support across Europe, moderates have found a single issue of their own to campaign on

The Guardian
#HeatherCoxRichardson
“…the strategy [in Ukraine] that matters most for the Kremlin is not the military strategy, but rather the spread of disinformation that causes the West to back away & allow Russia to win… In this case, in addition to seeding the idea that Ukraine cannot win & that the Russian invasion was justified, the Kremlin is exploiting divisions already roiling U.S. politics.”
#Russia #Ukraine #EU #Disinformation #RussianThreat #LevParnas #2024Election
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/march-29-2024?r=1k4nht&utm_medium=ios
March 29, 2024

On Wednesday the nonprofit, nonpartisan Institute for the Study of War published a long essay explaining that Russia’s only strategy for success in Ukraine is to win the disinformation war in which it is engaged. While the piece by Nataliya Bugayova and Frederick W. Kagan, with Katryna Stepanenko, focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine, the point it makes about Russia’s information operation against Western countries applies more widely.

Letters from an American
#RepMikeTurner releases spy photo of #Russianthreat to US national security.