SpaceWar.com reports: “NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Wednesday the alliance had agreed on ‘proactive measures’ to counter Russia’s campaign of hybrid attacks against its members.

The West has accused Moscow of being behind a string of sabotage attacks on European soil aimed at deterring Ukraine’s backers from sending support to Kyiv.

‘Allies are working very hard to make sure when it comes to sabotage, cyber-attacks, energy blackmail, that we take all the measures necessary to counter that,’ Rutte said after talks with NATO foreign ministers.

‘These include enhanced intelligence exchange, more exercises, better protection of critical infrastructure, improved cyber defence, and tougher action against Russia’s shadow fleet of oil exporting ships.’

NATO officials said the alliance was working on a new strategy to combat Russian and Chinese hostile actions for a summit next June in The Hague.

The alleged hybrid campaign poses a problem for NATO as it exists in a grey zone often seen as beneath the level of threat that could trigger the alliance’s mutual defence clause…”