Russia will continue to ramp up coercive pressure on NATO’s eastern-flank countries to test the allies’ response.
Oleh Ivashchenko, Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR), said this in an interview with Ukrinform.
“Going forward, we forecast an increase in the Kremlin’s coercive pressure on NATO’s eastern-flank countries to test the allies’ response, demonstrate their unpreparedness for open confrontation with Russia, and intensify information and psychological influence on European countries with the aim of reducing military assistance to Ukraine,” Ivashchenko said.
According to him, violations of the airspace of NATO’s eastern-flank countries—Romania, Poland, and the Baltic states—by Russian strike assets are being monitored. There has also been an intensification of military provocations near the borders of NATO countries, acts of sabotage targeting critical infrastructure in European countries, false-flag operations, cyberattacks, and disinformation campaigns.
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