Symbolic imageNATO sets out defence plan as Europe warns of deadlier Russian sabotage
NATO's top commander publicly outlined on Monday how the alliance would repel a Russian attack. Germany and Poland warn that Russian sabotage is escalating.
General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO's supreme allied commander Europe, presented the alliance's "theory of victory" at the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday, 12 October. It aims to "block, blunt and break" an attack: stop it, halt any advance, then destroy the attacking force and, he said, "anything and everything that supports, sustains, and controls that force". The 32 allies agreed the concept about three months ago; the final version is classified. Grynkewich said conflict is not imminent or inevitable and did not name Russia, but wanted to reassure citizens unsettled by sabotage and arson.
Sabotage and assassination warnings
Germany's interior minister Alexander Dobrindt said the country is a daily target of hybrid warfare and urged the Bundestag to widen intelligence powers. Poland's foreign minister Radosław Sikorski told the FT that a fatality is becoming likelier and that NATO has no agreed definition of when Russia has gone too far. Officials from five European intelligence agencies told the FT that Russian operatives are targeting defence executives for assassination.
Starlink station arrests
Poland says two Turkish nationals were detained in Germany over a fire at a Starlink station in Poland. Tusk announced the arrests.