The Second Front on the NATO border: Bloomberg about the Russian hybrid war in the east of the Alliance
The Estonian side has found that it was a hybrid act of aggression by Russia and a signal for the Baltic countries. The incident was recorded as one of the episodes of the whole series of events, which are aimed at destabilizing the Eastern Flang. As a rule, incidents cannot be classified as a classic attack that would forced the entire Alliance, but their number has increased after a full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine.
The publication states that this makes the Baltic countries the second front in the Kremlin conflict with the West. "Russia is now leading two wars. One is a kinetic, conventional war in Ukraine. The other is a hybrid war in Europe and in the West in order to influence the tone of public discourse or somehow shake our sense Forum in Helsinki on June 14.
The Kremlin sends migrant groups to the border breakthrough, molds GPS signals, recruits criminals for sabotage - all of this is part of one major plan of destabilization from Finland to Poland and beyond their borders. Each of these countries is a NATO member and have complex historical relations with Russia. In response, the eastern flank of the Alliance allocated $ 3.
5 billion to strengthen the borders with the Russians, and also asked to include hybrid attacks in the NATO's agenda, which will take place in Washington in July. The Russian border in Nava has long been a point of tension with Estonia, the tension that has intensified after February 24. This year, Moscow restricted the movement on the border bridge and launches only pedestrians. Tallinn, in response, hung out that citizens need to be careful because the Kremlin recruits spies.