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Is Russia’s Hybrid War on Europe Becoming Conventional?

Sławomir Sierakowski
27 November 2025clock5 Minute Read
Prime Minister Donald Tusk, second right, visits site of the rail line Mika, that was damaged by sabotage, near Deblin, Poland, 17 November, 2025.

Rising threat: Prime Minister Donald Tusk, second right, visits site of the rail line Mika, that was damaged by sabotage, near Deblin, Poland, 17 November, 2025. Image: Associated Press / Alamy Stock

From arson attacks on civilian targets to the recent bombing of a rail line between Warsaw and Ukraine, Russian provocations inside Poland are intensifying. By stoking anti-Ukrainian and anti-EU sentiment, the Kremlin hopes to empower the "useful idiots" of the Polish populist right.

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