The European Union (EU) and NATO must be more active in preparing for the scenario that Russia is carrying out a hybrid attack on Ukraine, rather than launching a classic war and a full-scale invasion, said Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs (JV).
Rinkēvičs plans to pay attention to the need to prepare more actively for Ukraine’s hybrid threat at the forthcoming high-level meetings – both at the NATO meeting on Friday and at the meetings of the European Union foreign and defense ministers, which are also expected this month.
“We are talking about very harsh scenarios at the moment – a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a full-scale economic response sanction, but it must be borne in mind that other scenarios are possible – smaller-scale operations, various elements of a hybrid war, and that is where I think both NATO and the EU should work harder, ”Rinkēvičs said in an interview with the Latvian Television program“ Morning Panorama ”.
The United States and Western countries have reportedly believed that Russia is preparing for another large-scale attack on Ukraine.
Russia denies allegations of an invasion of Ukraine by its troops. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow is taking a defensive stance because of fears that Kiev is getting too close to NATO.
At a video summit on December 7, US President Joe Biden warned Putin that the United States would impose unprecedented sanctions on Russia if it attacked Ukraine.
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