# Russia Escalates Hybrid Attacks on Europe > Russia intensifies hybrid threats against Europe with drone strikes and cyberattacks. - Title: Russia Escalates Hybrid Attacks on Europe · Newsweek - Summary: Russia intensifies hybrid threats against Europe with drone strikes and cyberattacks. Russia escalates hybrid attacks on European infrastructure to sow panic… - Keywords: russia, hybrid attacks, nato, ukraine, poland, baltic states, moldova, germany, lithuania, romania, drone strikes, cyberattacks - Source: Newsweek — https://newsweek.com/europe-on-high-alert-as-russia-sows-panic-with-hybrid-attacks-12460081 - Published: 2026-09-18T16:05:41+00:00 - Read time: 1 min - Topics: russia, hybrid attacks, nato, ukraine, poland, baltic states, moldova, germany, lithuania, romania, drone strikes, cyberattacks ## Macron Warns of Intensified Russian Threat French President Emmanuel Macron said the russian hybrid threat has intensified against europe and france as moscow's invasion of ukraine continues. > the russian hybrid threat, facing europeans and france has intensified ## Russia Targets European Infrastructure russia has been blamed for attacks on shopping centers, border posts, and critical infrastructure across europe since 2022. > non-military sites like shopping centers and border posts increasingly targeted in actions moscow has been blamed for ## Lavrov Warns Against European Troops russian foreign minister sergei lavrov warned european countries against sending troops to ukraine, calling it a declaration of war. > if europe attacks russia, it will be a completely different war, and it will be very short ## Train Attack Near Polish Border a kyiv-warsaw passenger train was struck less than two miles from poland's border on september 13 with no casualties reported. > the attack occurred after former uk prime minister boris johnson and european security officials had passed through on the same line but on a different train ## Poland Warns of Russian Strikes poland's prime minister donald tusk warned of real risk of russian strikes on countries supporting ukraine inside nato. > poland has been at the front line of russian drone incursions and its prime minister donald tusk warned on thursday of a real risk of russian strikes on countries supporting ukraine inside nato ## Baltic States and Romania Alerted lithuania's president gitanas nauseda and moldova's president maia sandu accused moscow of deliberately allowing drones to enter nato airspace. > moscow may be deliberately allowing russian drones to deviate from their intended course and enter nato airspace to punish countries supporting ukraine ## Finland Builds Border Fence finland's interior minister mari rantanen unveiled a 120-mile fence near the nuijamaa border crossing to stop moscow's migrant tactic. > finland's interior minister mari rantanen unveiled a 120-mile fence near the nuijamaa border crossing point in the southeast of the country to stop moscow's tactic of sending migrants to the frontier with the nato member ## Drone Strikes on European Infrastructure russian drones attacked romanian energy projects, german airports, and lithuanian airspace in recent weeks with no civilian casualties. > on august 11, divers destroyed two drones floating off the coast of romania near an energy project ## Russia's Hybrid Warfare Strategy russia blends overt aggression like drone incursions with mundane acts to generate social anxiety among european publics. > the compounding effect is to generate social anxiety and unease, a lot of little acts add up and have significant impact toward shaping the psyches of publics worried about a world seemingly descending into mayhem and war ## Key takeaway Russia escalates hybrid attacks on European infrastructure to sow panic and split NATO allies.