What Will Europe Do About Russia's Hybrid Attacks?
What Will Europe Do About Russia's Hybrid Attacks? John Sexton 2:30 PM | September 04, 2026 Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP This week the Germany finally came forward and blamed Russia for the drone attack at Leipzig airport. I suggested weeks ago that this attack may have been intended to fail since actually bombing a German airport might lead to a unified NATO response.
- ▪What Will Europe Do About Russia's Hybrid Attacks?
- ▪John Sexton 2:30 PM | September 04, 2026 Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP This week the Germany finally came forward and blamed Russia for the drone attack at Leipzig airport.
- ▪I suggested weeks ago that this attack may have been intended to fail since actually bombing a German airport might lead to a unified NATO response.
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What Will Europe Do About Russia's Hybrid Attacks? John Sexton 2:30 PM | September 04, 2026 Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP This week the Germany finally came forward and blamed Russia for the drone attack at Leipzig airport. I suggested weeks ago that this attack may have been intended to fail since actually bombing a German airport might lead to a unified NATO response. But the Germans seem convinced that the failure of detonators on the bombs attached to those drones was just a fluke, i.e. Russia really was planning to blow up those planes.
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