British Spy Chief: Russia Is Attacking Europe 'Daily'

Key Points:

• GCHQ director Anne Keast-Butler warns that while Russia is losing ground militarily in Ukraine, it is intensifying covert hybrid attacks across Europe, including cyberattacks, sabotage, assassination attempts, and disinformation campaigns aimed at destabilizing economies, institutions, and NATO unity.
• European authorities have linked Russia to various hostile acts such as explosives on a Polish rail line, hacking of a Norwegian dam, navigation signal jamming, and plots involving incendiary devices on planes; Lithuania recently arrested nine individuals accused of plotting murder and sabotage under orders from Russia’s GRU military intelligence.
• British intelligence officials describe Russia’s tactics as increasingly brazen and operating just below the threshold of open war, with MI6 chief previously warning of Moscow’s testing of Europe through these covert measures.
• Keast-Butler also highlights growing cybersecurity threats from China, noting its closer alignment with Russia and calling for a significant increase in cybersecurity efforts amid a "new era of radical uncertainty."
• The warnings coincide with the signing of a comprehensive defense and security pact between Britain and Poland, aimed at addressing modern, less visible but equally dangerous security threats.