There are currently no indications that Russia has decided to escalate the situation in the Baltic states and Poland, Delfi news portal and the Baltic Flank reported after a flurry of media reports about a future attack were published last week.
The outlet looked into the background of last week's media reports from The Guardian, Fox News and The Telegraph about a potential attack on Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland and spoke to security officials in several countries.
It reported that since the spring, rumors have circulated about an alleged meeting in Russia where a "directive was reportedly given to draft plans for potential provocations."
These would be "hybrid" in nature and fall below the threshold of NATO's Article 5 collective defence principle.
The Baltic states, Poland, Finland, and Moldova were raised as potential targets, sources said.
