Ukrainian intelligence: Russia stepping up hybrid strategy against the EU
The Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of Ukraine's Ministry of Defence says Russia is intensifying a hybrid destabilisation strategy against the European Union. The aim, it says, is to reduce or deny Ukraine external support.
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Ukraine's Defence Ministry Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has stated that Russia is stepping up a hybrid destabilisation strategy against the European Union (EU). According to the intelligence service, the goal is to reduce or entirely deny Ukraine external support in the war that Russia continues to wage against the country.
HUR is the foreign intelligence body operating under Ukraine's Ministry of Defence. Its statement warns that Moscow is preparing new provocations aimed at destabilising Europe. The source does not name specific incidents, countries or methods through which the strategy would be carried out.
Why it matters
As the intelligence service sees it, Russia's efforts are directed at the EU, one of the providers of support to Ukraine. If external assistance were reduced, it would affect Ukraine's ability to keep up its resistance. Kyiv therefore publicises such warnings to draw attention to possible risks in Europe.
The statement is presented as a warning, and the source offers no independent data or Russian response to confirm the claims.
