Jarno Limnell highlights a strategic risk in Russian hybrid influence operations: the normalization of hostile activities such as drone usage, sabotage, and GNSS interference. He warns that repeated exposure to these tactics may raise the threshold for response, allowing gray zone actions to achieve their aims gradually. Limnell emphasizes the step-by-step nature of hybrid warfare, where individual incidents may be dismissed or tolerated but collectively shift the security environment and perceptions of normality. The core strategy involves denial, incremental advances, and continuous testing of boundaries to observe reactions and acceptable limits. He stresses the importance of viewing Russia's actions as a combined phenomenon involving cyber operations, information influence, sabotage, and drone use. The key threat is that exceptions become normalized, causing borders to be shifted observing public scrutiny. Finland's response, according to Limnell, should avoid fear or overreaction, focusing instead on calm situational awareness, swift responses, and clear consequences to demonstrate detection and integration of small actions into a broader context. The conclusion urges maintaining awareness that prolonged disruption must not lead to societal dullness or indifference, and that exceptional behavior must be recognized as such even when framed as everyday reality.

Jarno Limnell highlights a strategic risk in Russian hybrid influence operations: the normalization of hostile activities such as drone usage, sabotage, and GNSS interference. He warns that repeated exposure to these tactics may raise the threshold for response, allowing gray zone actions to achieve their aims gradually. Limnell emphasizes the step-by-step nature of hybrid warfare, where individual incidents may be dismissed or tolerated but collectively shift the security environment and perceptions of normality. The core strategy involves denial, incremental advances, and continuous testing of boundaries to observe reactions and acceptable limits. He stresses the importance of viewing Russia's actions as a combined phenomenon involving cyber operations, information influence, sabotage, and drone use. The key threat is that exceptions become normalized, causing borders to be shifted observing public scrutiny. Finland's response, according to Limnell, should avoid fear or overreaction, focusing instead on calm situational awareness, swift responses, and clear consequences to demonstrate detection and integration of small actions into a broader context. The conclusion urges maintaining awareness that prolonged disruption must not lead to societal dullness or indifference, and that exceptional behavior must be recognized as such even when framed as everyday reality.