How Baltic states are responding to Russia’s hybrid warfare

Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania are under mounting pressure from Russia’s hybrid warfare tactics. How are people in the region coping?

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Russia is waging what experts describe as a “hybrid war” against the Baltic region, using pressure tactics that fall short of open military conflict.

Officials and residents in Latvia and Estonia warn of growing security risks linked to damaged undersea cables, Russia’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers in the Baltic Sea, military drone incidents and migration pressure along the Belarus border.

NATO has stepped up patrols and surveillance, while communities near the frontier face economic losses and uncertainty. How are Latvia, Estonia and their citizens responding to what they see as a persistent challenge to infrastructure, security and public confidence?

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