Our recent staff report mapped ~150 examples of Russian active measures on NATO soil since 🇷🇺 launched its full-scale invasion of 🇺🇦 in 4 categories: attacks on critical infrastructure, violence campaigns, weaponized migration, and election interference & disinformation.🧵 1/7 
Attacks on critical infrastructure are a means to threaten public safety and undermine trust in essential resources. One fifth of the attacks mapped below are cyber campaigns against hospitals in which hackers hold patient data ransom or disrupt critical hospital services. 2/7
Violence campaigns range from petty vandalism to attempted acts of terrorism. Russia has been accused of recruiting and paying sympathizers from a variety of backgrounds to outsource their destabilization schemes. 3/7
A particularly heinous tactic deployed by Russia and Belarus is the weaponization of migrants. They orchestrate border crises to put pressure on state institutions, drain resources, and fuel anti-migrant rhetoric. 4/7
Election interference and spreading false narratives are hallmarks of Russia’s hybrid operations. Campaigns include attempts to bribe European officials to promote Kremlin rhetoric and efforts to fuel disinformation that undermines NATO support for Ukraine. 5/7
Our map provides a stark visualization underscoring the breadth & insidiousness of 🇷🇺’s shadow war on NATO, but it likely underestimates the true scale of the threat. 🇷🇺’s shadow war thrives on plausible deniability, employing diverse methods to relentlessly destabilize NATO. 6/7
To read our full report, “Spotlight on the Shadow War: Inside Russia’s Attacks on NATO Territory,” please visit: 7/7csce.gov/publications/s…
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