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

Sabotage, drones, cyberattacks and psychological warfare. Carlo Masala updates the scenario outlined in his essay “Se la Russia attacca l’occidente”: this is how Moscow intends to test NATO. Europe’s vulnerabilities and the blows that have already left Putin reeling

The Foreign Secretary is open to coordination with other European countries following the attempted attack on Leipzig Airport. Candiani (Lega): “We can get by just fine without it.” Italy, together with France and Spain, issues three-quarters of Schengen visas to Russians: from 64,000 to 161,000 in four years

Speaking to our newspaper, the Defence Minister, following the Leipzig airport incident, discusses Moscow’s ongoing hybrid attacks on Europe: “The logic behind this eludes me, but the actions are clear, and the Kremlin’s intentions can be discerned from those actions.”

Moscow may attempt to influence the elections, says the Foreign Secretary. His counterpart at the Home Office plays down the matter and accuses certain European countries of seeking “pretexts” to fuel the war

From the Baltic states to the United Kingdom, governments across Europe are preparing citizens, infrastructure and institutions for a possible escalation with Russia. In Italy, the idea of “whole-of-society defence” remains politically taboo