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The unmarked Russian soldiers in Crimea during 2014 became known as little green men to observers and journalists worldwide. Their presence allowed Russia to annex the peninsula while maintaining plausible deniability about direct state involvement.
Broad disinformation campaigns targeted the 2016 US election and Brexit referendum to foster instability across Western democracies. Information operations spread false narratives designed to erode trust in democratic institutions and processes using social platforms to amplify divisive content.
Finnish authorities placed a tanker ship named Eagle S at the center of its investigation into the incident being sabotage on Christmas Day in Finnish waters. The Finnish Border Guard inspected the ship and said that the ship's anchors were missing, the suspicion being that the ship cut the cables by dragging its anchors over them.
The Swedish Security Service concluded that a recently consecrated Russian Orthodox church built in Västerås was linked to Russian intelligence operations because it was located near an airport used for Swedish military exercises and other critical national infrastructure. The Kremlin uses the Russian Orthodox Church in Sweden as a platform for such operations.
In December 2025, Lithuania declared a state of emergency after several hundred balloons launched from Belarus caused civil aviation disruptions. Senior Lithuanian officials reported that these balloons could be used to probe for air-defence gaps.
On the 2nd of May 2024, the North Atlantic Council of NATO said that members of the alliance were deeply concerned by activities attributed to Russia on NATO territory. Investigations resulted in the charging of multiple individuals connected to hostile state activity.