Event 8a44ac2d-3d31-4b65-962c-e8c2730b4a5a

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Espionage Country: Russia Country: Ukraine Country: United Kingdom Country: United States of America Country: Germany

Source: https://theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/23/the-ukraine-missil...

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Event Time

1y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: The Ukraine missile crisis: Putin’s shadow war against the west finally breaks cover

Short Summary: Russia escalates hybrid aggression after Ukraine's use of Western missiles, threatening UK and US, with ongoing operations including espionage, sabotage, and maritime reconnaissance.

Description

The article describes an escalation involving Russia's response to Ukraine using Western-supplied long-range missiles, with Putin asserting his right to retaliate against the UK and US, and details a pattern of hybrid operations including espionage, sabotage, and maritime signals.

Evidence

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After Kyiv used Storm Shadow missiles, Russia’s leader asserted his ‘right’ to attack the UK and US.

President Putin announces an attack on Dnipro, Ukraine, last Thursday, in response to strikes on Russia that used US and British long-range missiles.

the Yantar, a Russian reconnaissance ship, seen in UK waters this month.

Russia’s shadow war encompasses cyber-attacks, assassinations, sabotage (‘greyzone’ warfare), border provocations, disinformation and espionage.

the murder in Berlin in 2019 of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a Chechen dissident, for which a Russian agent was convicted.

MI5 warned this week that more than 100 Russian spies have been expelled from Europe since the Ukraine invasion began.

Related URLs

https://theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/23/the-ukraine-missile-crisis-putins-shadow-war-against-the-west-finally-breaks-cover

Source

https://theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/23/the-ukraine-missile-crisis-putins-shadow-war-against-the-west-finally-breaks-cover

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