Germany has for the first time rated the danger of Russian sabotage against its own armed forces, the Bundeswehr, as 'significant.' Reports describe this as a red line being crossed, suggesting Russia's campaign of hybrid attacks, previously seen mainly near NATO's eastern border, may now be targeting Germany's military directly.
Poland's prime minister Donald Tusk has warned that Russia is likely to escalate its campaign of sabotage and disruption against Europe before Christmas.
At a security meeting in Helsinki, Moldova's president told European leaders that Russia will stay a major danger to Europe even after a peace deal in Ukraine is reached, no matter who leads Russia.
This week the European Union took three steps at once: a plan to standardize how it detects and responds to sabotage blamed on Russia, faster EU rules for member states to jointly buy weapons, and talks for Estonia to join a French nuclear protection arrangement.
In one week, Germany announced anti-drone units for nine cities after drone incidents including one over Leipzig, Poland asked EU countries to expel up to 40 percent of Russian diplomats, and the German city of Bonn closed a Russian consulate accused of being a spy center.
News outlets report Russia has increased drone incursions, sabotage and other hard-to-trace attacks across Europe.