{"id":2292055,"date":"2024-07-10T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T19:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-allies-accuse-russia-of-sponsoring-terrorist-attacks-in-their-countries-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T15:33:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T19:33:01","slug":"nato-allies-accuse-russia-of-sponsoring-terrorist-attacks-in-their-countries-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nato-allies-accuse-russia-of-sponsoring-terrorist-attacks-in-their-countries-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO allies accuse Russia of sponsoring terrorist attacks in their countries &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnato-allies-accuse-russia-of-sponsoring-terrorist-attacks-in-their-countries-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2292055&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses how NATO allies are accusing Russia of sponsoring terrorist attacks\u2064 in their countries, citing incidents of arson and other violence. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-and-european-government-leaders-slam-icc-investigation-into-israel\/\" title=\"U.S. and European Government Leaders Slam ICC Investigation into Israel\">foreign ministers<\/a> of Lithuania and Poland have expressed concern \u2064about these attacks, with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis \u2064calling \u2062it\u200d a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-former-ag-barr-initiated-spying-program-on-americans-back-in-1992\/\" title=\"FLASHBACK: Former AG Barr Initiated Spying Program on Americans Back in 1992\">terrorist attack<\/a> sponsored \u2063by a hostile neighboring\u200d country.&#8221; \u2062The article also mentions\u200d plans for NATO to establish \u2064a mechanism to \u200caddress and manage these \u2063hybrid \u2062attacks in the future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read 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class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Vladimir Putin\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> is orchestrating \u201cterrorist attacks\u201d against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"NATO\">NATO<\/a> countries, according to a pair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-again-77-years-after-auschwitz-jews-honor-their-rescuers\/\" title=\"Never Again: 77 Years After Auschwitz, Jews Honor Their Rescuers\">allied foreign ministers<\/a>, citing a spate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-are-trying-to-redefine-race-riots-as-acts-of-rebellion-2\/\" title=\"Leftists Are Trying To Redefine Race Riots As Acts Of Rebellion\">arson incidents<\/a> and other violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s quite clear[ly] a terrorist attack sponsored by a hostile neighboring country against one of the NATO, NATO countries,\u201d Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO leaders summit in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Washington, D.C.\">Washington, D.C.<\/a> \u201cThe problem is, at this stage, that when you\u2019re saying this, you immediately have to say what you\u2019re going to do about it. \u2026 I\u2019d like to remind that the only time that Article 5 was invoked was because of a terrorist attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a Cabinet meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Landsbergis offered that assessment in reference to a series of recent arson incidents in Poland and Lithuania, two NATO members that share a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/55259\/poland-accuses-belarus-of-violating-airspace-as-lukashenko-floats-mercenary-attack-on-us-forces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">border long regarded<\/a> as one of the most vulnerable places in the alliance. Likewise, an aide to the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny was attacked by a hammer-wielding assailant in March.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, right, welcome Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda to the NATO summit, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure whether you know \u2014 it can be called just hybrid events or gray zone event any longer,\u201d Landsbergis said, referring to the way Western leaders typically categorize such unconventional operations by Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski agreed that Russia\u2019s recent operations qualify as terrorist attacks against NATO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just arson,\u201d Sikorski said. \u201cThey are sending death squads that kill people. That\u2019s definitely terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The transatlantic alliance is expected to agree to a \u201cnational mechanism to bring military and civilian planning together,\u201d a senior NATO official told reporters this week, to manage these \u201chybrid attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Landsbergis, who said he is \u201chappy\u201d that the allies are addressing the problem in a formal way, argued that a failure to punish such operations would invite Putin to engage in more overt forms of aggression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPutin will escalate because every time we keep silent, he takes it as a weakness and pushes forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the Lithuanian leader, there is an obvious way to retaliate without stumbling into a direct conflict with Russia: giving a green light to Ukrainian forces, which are largely restricted from using Western weapons inside Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we have a country that\u2019s willing to manage escalation for us,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re actually asking here in Washington today, allow us to strike deeper into Russian territory, \u2018We will manage your escalation for you.\u2019 \u2026 If they [feel free] to attack us in any way that they think of, then let\u2019s allow the Ukrainians to attack them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1699341\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1699341\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO allies are accusing Russia of supporting terrorist attacks in their countries, with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski both pointing to recent incidents of violence, including arson and a hammer attack on an aide to Alexei Navalny. Landsbergis emphasized the need for a response to these attacks, warning that failure to do so could embolden Putin to escalate aggression. The alliance is reportedly working on a plan to address these &#8220;hybrid attacks&#8221; and Landsbergis suggested allowing Ukrainian forces to retaliate against Russia as a way to manage escalation without direct conflict<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2743,"featured_media":2292056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/putin-July-10-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8066,7624,4280,6039,32076],"class_list":["post-2292055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-allies","tag-nato","tag-russia","tag-terrorism","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/putin-July-10-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}