{"id":1187374,"date":"2025-07-21T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T08:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1187374"},"modified":"2025-07-19T10:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:00:26","slug":"russia-escalates-subversive-activity-against-europe-s-critical-infrastructure-ukraine-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-escalates-subversive-activity-against-europe-s-critical-infrastructure-ukraine-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia escalates subversive activity against Europe&#8217;s critical infrastructure \u2013 Ukraine intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The number of Russia&#8217;s hybrid attacks in Europe has surged dramatically since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with energy, transportation, and communications remaining the primary targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is according to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/szru.gov.ua\/news-media\/news\/rosiya-naroshchuie-pidryvnu-diyalnist-proty-krytychnoi-infrastruktury-ievropy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukraine&#8217;s Foreign Intelligence Service<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/4016472-russia-escalates-subversive-activity-against-europes-critical-infrastructure-ukraine-intel.html\">Ukrinform reports.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Ukrainian intelligence, more than 200 incidents of sabotage, disinformation campaigns, cyberattacks, and GPS jamming were documented between 2014 and 2024. Over 86% of these incidents occurred after 2022, with the number recorded in 2024 alone six times higher than in the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far this year, attacks have targeted undersea cables, water supply infrastructure, and have included attempts to disrupt air transportation within European Union countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intelligence agency notes that Russian agent activity is systematic. Between 2022 and 2024, an average of 20 countries per year experienced such attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nations most frequently targeted are those that actively support Ukraine, particularly Poland, the Baltic States, Finland, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia conducts these operations with the goal of provoking internal disruptions, weakening European solidarity, and ultimately reducing support for Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/air-defense-missiles-interceptor-drones-and-mirage-pilot-training-zelenskyy-speaks-with-macron\/\">Air Defense Missiles, Interceptor Drones, and Mirage Pilot Training: Zelenskyy Speaks with Macron<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of Russia&#8217;s hybrid attacks in Europe has surged dramatically since &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1187376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,36422],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1187374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-11473-news-en-3","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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