A group of European nations have issued a strongly worded statement on ‘systemic attacks’ by the Russian Federation as part of their campaign of ‘hybrid warfare’ against supporters of Ukraine’s defence.

Fibre-optic cables connecting Finland, Germany, Lithuania, and Sweden were cut by a Chinese-flagged cargo ship dragging its anchor in the Baltic sea earlier this week, disrupting internet connectivity in northern Europe. While this and a catalogue of other rare incidents in recent months could generally individually occur as accidents, the intensity of such events in recent months amid a deepening backdrop of Russian-European tensions over the Ukraine war leaves NATO capital