It doesn’t even seem like a breach of the peace: hybrid warfare is the gangster-style variation on the use of force in relations between nations, the creeping prelude to the loss of sovereignty and freedom. Yet we still do not consider tackling it

The National Defence Plan will undergo a ‘stress test’ until the middle of next month. The psychological operations unit in Pavia is involved for the first time. Covi commander Iannucci discusses the ‘grey area’ of cognitive warfare

The Defence Minister: “Young people are being misled on social media and the West is not reacting”. The security services are monitoring accounts that comment on videos of the clashes

For the Kremlin leader, there is no such thing as ‘hybrid’ warfare – there is simply war, and that is all. Intimidation, psychological pressure and sabotage are all part of a single arsenal

Whilst the Defence Minister warns of the risks of hybrid warfare, in the European Parliament, FdI votes alongside Vannacci and the Lega against a body tasked with tackling foreign interference. The Melonian MEP said: “Crosetto is right, but the crux of democratic resilience has nothing to do with drones and could become yet another tool in the hands of someone in the EU to judge and interfere in member states’ elections, even against the conservatives.”

The Department of Justice has identified a network that recruits American citizens to kill targets designated by the Kremlin. The cell’s latest operations are increasingly focused on Europe