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Putin Is Ramping Up His Hybrid Campaign Against Europe

Vladimir Putin at a military equipment manufacturer in Perm, on Sept. 19, in this photo supplied by Russian state media.Photographer: Gavriil Grigorov/Pool/AFP/Getty Images

Russian President Vladimir Putin is broadening his effort to destabilize the West, forcing European leaders to reassess the scale of the threat and rush in new defenses.

After unprecedented airspace violations this month, defense ministers from European Union member states on the bloc’s eastern flank pushed forward with a “drone wall”Bloomberg Terminal initiative to improve security and respond to the evolving threat.