"Distract the event from Ukraine": the Kremlin can attack NATO on the unexpected side - the media

The researcher of the Democracy Protection Foundation Ivan Stradner believes that the Kremlin is set to start hybrid aggression against NATO where the Alliance has the weakest position. As the Russian Federation fails in Ukraine, the direct threat to NATO members, such as Poland and the Baltic country, may be somewhat mitigated. Probably a new point in the deposition of the destabilizing efforts of Moscow will be the Balkans.

It is in the Balkans that the weakest NATO flank is located, which is a suitable target for Russia's ambitions. This is what the researcher of the Democracy Protection Foundation Ivan Stradner says, reports The Telegraph. According to the author of the publication, Vladimir Putin has set himself the goal of "destroying NATO and finding vulnerable places of the Alliance.

" This week, during one of the most severe clashes since Kosovo proclaimed independence from Serbia in 2008, dozens of well -armed ethnic Serbs attacked police in northern Kosovo and were barricaded in the Orthodox Church. The incident was killed by one police officer and three attackers. "This escalation is the dream of Moscow.

Serbia and Russia have been preparing Serbs for an escalation in Kosovo for several months, igniting tension in the Balkans to distract the West of War in Ukraine," the material reads. According to Ivan Stradner, the information space was filled with propaganda, which repeats the old statement that Kosovo belongs to Serbia. Similar rhetoric has still ignited ethnic violence in the region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin can use a hybrid war to destabilize the region and make Russia the only reliable parliamentary there. "This plan pursues three goals: to distract the West from Ukraine, to strengthen Moscow's position in the region and to give Putin levers to the Western powers if they want to prevent escalation of conflict in the region . . . Despite the overall military advantage of NATO, he has weak positions in the Balkans , and Russia continues to win it there.

It is time to strengthen its presence in the region and transfer Russia to defense, " - writes the author of the publication. We will remind, on September 24 it was reported that Prime Minister Kosovo Albin Kurty accused Serbia of supporting terrorists and announced the beginning of a counter-terrorist operation. In addition, Focus wrote that armed people on armored vehicles broke into the village of Banska in Kosovo, entered a firefight with the police and barricaded in one of the monasteries.