The Guardian view of NATO airspace: Russia tests European will and the United States. It will not stop here Editorial

R.It tells the intense size of the main addresses of his own story. Russian aircraft aircraft on Poland and Romania. Russian combat aircraft in the Astony airspace. Russian aircraft German marine frigate noise In the Baltic Sea. Unlimited drones on Copenhagen and Oslo airports. Recently, in the early hours of Thursday, other drones appear at other Danish airports.

In a little more than two weeks, European countries have reported a series of amazing inconsistencies into the airspace. Russia has repeatedly denied responsibility and questions remain on individual events: Until now, Denmark only said that a “professional actor” works in airport accidents and that he could not exclude Russia. But in general, there is a pattern that is clearly proportional to Moscow’s longest registry in provocations and unreasonable deprivation often – which reaches a noticeable escalation.

These operations may Pay attention to the slow progress of Russia In the battlefield in Ukraine. It is clear that it appears to be a test for both military responses and political will. In the first issue, there is a work to be done, according to the reaction to the 19 drones in the Polish air field. In the second, Russia tests whether Europe will complicate its nerves in the support of Ukraine – and perhaps others in the future – when it faces a source of inconvenience or worse. The drones are cheap, but it forced Denmark to suspend flights from its largest airport for four hours, and Poland to Millions spend Escape aircraft.

It is clear that these incursions also test our intentions. Donald Trump suggested this week that Ukraine could win its missing lands and NATO countries Russian aircraft that fall into the airspace must fall. However, this is similar to that of the US policy of, In the words of the NATO official, the NATO official“Take it hot from the hour.” Certainly, it is not a coincidence that these events followed the welcoming of the red carpet that Mr. Trump gave Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Amazing Russia is confident in the United States It intends to separate from European securityInstead of enhancing support.

NATO members met this week at the request of Estonia, but there are remarkable differences between their sites as well as Joint alarm. Although shooting down a Russian plane will not be unprecedented – Turkey did so in 2015 – there is a division between those who believe it will deter Moscow and those who are afraid of risk escalating.

These incursions should not be treated as a narrow military relationship, but it was seen in Russia’s multi -field strategy. The broader image of the security risks is also covered by civil infrastructure, and it may include non -state factors either recruited or enabled by Moscow. Accidents may be less attention to attention, but they are likely to be more important.

Last year, he witnessed repeated damage to the underlined communication cables in the Baltic Sea, while participating in Moscow’s involvement. The Norwegian spy chief recently said that the Russian infiltrators took control of this spring, as they fired water for four hours before noticing their intervention. Ken Maccalum, President of MI5, last October that the Russian Military Intelligence Agency, GRU, was “on a sustainable mission to generate chaos in the British and European streets: We have seen deliberate burning, sabotage and more.” He stressed that companies, as well as the state, must address weaknesses. The difficulties of creating a unified response to the events of the past two weeks are a reminder that the comprehensive and consistent response to these broader issues will be necessary and more difficult.