The AP documented 59 incidents in which European governments, prosecutors, intelligence services or other Western officials blamed Russia, groups linked to Russia or its ally Belarus for cyberattacks, spreading propaganda, plotting killings or committing acts of vandalism, arson, sabotage or espionage since the Feb. 24, 2022, invasion.
Russia has been at war with the West for the entirety of Putin’s so-called presidency, killing dissidents in Europe, committing dangerous acts of sabotage and hacking, election interference, political party infiltration, and so on, but the West doesn’t seem to care. If it did, Ukraine would have won long ago, or better yet, the invasion wouldn’t have happened had the West introduced crippling sanctions early on - if not for the aforementioned acts, then at least for invading Georgia in 2008. If not for Georgia, maybe for Moldova or Syria or Africa.
This is the way. Europe should woke up and recognize this reality.