‘War without battle’: Europe struggles to tackle mounting Russian hybrid attacks6-MIN READ6-MIN0Published: 5:51pm, 17 Sep 2026Over the course of the summer, Russian attacks have been pushing ever deeper into European territory.On August 11, military divers destroyed two drones floating off the coast of Romania near a €4 billion (US$4.7 billion) energy project. Nine days later, Bucharest scrambled two F-16s to take out a maritime drone near the same Black Sea gas platform with hundreds of workers on board.Select VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.9x1.0x1.1x1.2x1.5x1.75x1xAI-generated voice
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‘War without battle’: Europe struggles to tackle mounting Russian hybrid attacks
Europe is facing an increasing number of Russian hybrid attacks, with incidents occurring deeper within the continent. This summer, military divers destroyed two drones off the coast of Romania near an energy project, and Romania later scrambled F-16s to neutralize a maritime drone near a Black Sea gas platform.
BloombergSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-09-17 · 09:51 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Europe is facing an increasing number of Russian hybrid attacks, with incidents occurring deeper within the continent. This summer, military divers destroyed two drones off the coast of Romania near an energy project, and Romania later scrambled F-16s to neutralize a maritime drone near a Black Sea gas platform. Additionally, German police detected an armed UAV at Leipzig airport. These events highlight Europe's struggle to address these escalating, non-traditional threats.
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Bucharest scrambled two F-16s to take out a maritime drone near a Black Sea gas platform on August 20.
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Military divers destroyed two drones floating off the coast of Romania near an energy project on August 11.
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Russian attacks have been pushing deeper into European territory over the summer.
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