From drone attacks to destroying cables deep under the sea, Putin's Russia is engaging in hidden hybrid war across Europe.
It’s not tanks rolling across borders, soldiers marching through cities, with the sound of gunfire in the air. It’s a conflict far more subtle and sinister, so much so that you don’t even know it’s crept up on you.
Some analysts think there could be hundreds of acts of sabotage across Europe carried out on behalf of Russia in the last three years - but that Moscow continues to deny.
After their spies were kicked out of Europe following the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has turned to a sort of gig economy of spycraft: freelance operatives that carry out the attacks. They are not only cheap but give the Kremlin plausible deniability. There’s never a Russian contract to sign or any sort of paper trail, so Moscow can deny, deny, deny.
We’ve been told a wider European war with Russia is something to be avoided at all costs.
But what if that unthinkable conflict is already happening?
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0:00 - Russia's silent frontline
3:05 - Moscow's disposable agents
4:57 - Russia is targeting Europe's critical infrastructure
7:12 - Inside Russia's shadow units
8:45 - Why the West struggles to fight back
12:05 - Where Russia's hidden attacks lead next
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