{"id":1442096,"date":"2026-09-21T11:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/in-the-coming-months-europe-has-announced-the-possibility-of-russian-provocations-against-nato-countries\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T11:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T08:14:37","slug":"in-the-coming-months-europe-has-announced-the-possibility-of-russian-provocations-against-nato-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/in-the-coming-months-europe-has-announced-the-possibility-of-russian-provocations-against-nato-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"In the coming months: Europe has announced the possibility of Russian provocations against NATO countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>European intelligence agencies are warning of possible increased Russian activity against NATO countries and new sabotage actions. The head of Czech intelligence, Michal Koudelka, said that some confrontation scenarios could be realized within months, not years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/sep\/20\/baltic-spy-chiefs-warn-moscow-is-preparing-for-more-decisive-action-in-europe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Koudelka noted that Moscow could use drones, provocations under a foreign flag, or limited actions against NATO countries that border Russia.<\/p>\n<p> At the same time, the heads of the Baltic intelligence services are assessing the risk of a direct attack more cautiously. The head of the Latvian State Security Service, Normunds Me\u017eviec, said that there are currently no signs of an imminent attack.<\/p>\n<p> According to Koudelka, Russia is trying to find vulnerabilities in Western societies in order to weaken support for Ukraine and exacerbate divisions within NATO.<\/p>\n<p> Intelligence officials also expect a further increase in Russian subversive activity in Europe in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p> The head of the Swedish military intelligence and security service, Thomas Nilsson, called the incident with an armed drone at Leipzig airport, which German authorities linked to Russian intelligence activities, a turning point.<\/p>\n<p> Nilsson noted that such actions could be aimed at weakening support for Ukraine, deepening divisions within NATO, and increasing fears of further escalation.<\/p>\n<p> \t\t<aside class=\"shortcode-also\" data-title=\"Read also\" >\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-uk-has-declared-a-growing-threat-from-russia-what-does-this-indicate\/\">UK Raises Alarm Over Growing Russian Threat: What Does It Mean?<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\nBy the way, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-velykiy-brytanii-mayzhe-shchodnia-fiksuiut-nevidomi-drony-poblyzu-viyskovykh-baz-detali\/\">unauthorized drone flights are recorded almost daily near military bases in the UK<\/a> . Over the year, about 340 such incidents were recorded on or near Ministry of Defense facilities.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/rekomenduiut-zapastys-vodoiu-ta-produktamy-velyka-brytaniia-pochala-hotuvaty-plan-diy-na-vypadok-viyny\/\">The UK government has begun work on an updated wartime contingency plan<\/a> and is urging citizens to prepare for possible major changes to their daily lives. In particular, Britons are advised to stock up on drinking water and canned goods.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European intelligence agencies are warning of possible increased Russian activity against NATO countries and new sabotage actions. The head of Czech intelligence, Michal Koudelka, said that some confrontation scenarios could be realized within months, not years. This is reported by The Guardian . Koudelka noted that Moscow could use drones, provocations under a foreign flag, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1131767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1442096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1442096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1131767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1442096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1442096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}