Map shows how Russia has escalated sabotage attacks on NATO this year

Newsweek · Brendan Cole ·

Poland has faced at least 20 suspected sabotage attacks so far this year

Russia is likely to increase its sabotage attacks along NATO's eastern flank, according to Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) whose map shows the spread of suspected hybrid warfare acts this year.

The assessment by the analysis group follows Poland's authorities launching a large-scale security operation this week along its border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.

"The events on the Polish-Russian border follow the broader pattern of intensified Russian hybrid operations against NATO’s eastern flank, particularly Poland," ACLED's Eastern Europe Analyst, Maksym Beznosiuk told Newsweek.

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