{"id":398930,"date":"2025-09-05T03:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/398930\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T03:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:30:14","slug":"eu-council-president-warns-of-hybrid-threats-from-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/398930\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Council president warns of \u2018hybrid threats\u2019 from Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LONDON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>European Council President Antonio Costa warned Thursday of \u201chybrid threats\u201d from Russia, accusing it of engaging in \u201chostile behavior&#8221; that goes beyond Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia&#8217;s hostile behavior goes beyond Ukraine, with hybrid threats on EU territory, maneuvers close to the border, cyber-attacks, disruption of critical infrastructure, and attempts to undermine democracy,&#8221; Costa said at a news conference in Sofia, where he held talks with Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to strengthen our resilience, including through the European Union hybrid toolbox to prevent, deter, and respond to such threats,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Saying his visit to Bulgaria comes right after an important meeting of the coalition of the willing on Ukraine in Paris, he noted that the EU gave its political endorsement to security guarantees that are essential for building a credible and lasting peace in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe great news is that we are ready for the day after. Now we need, of course, to conclude this negotiation process and achieve this lasting peace,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Costa stressed that the EU&#8217;s support for Ukraine against Russia has helped Ukraine &#8220;remain sovereign&#8221; after more than three years of war.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will continue the course,&#8221; he said, adding that Europe&#8217;s security is tied to Ukraine&#8217;s resilience.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-nation \u201ccoalition of the willing,\u201d mostly composed of European nations, aims to support the Ukrainian army and consider deploying troops to Ukraine after a ceasefire in the war-torn country.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONDON European Council President Antonio Costa warned Thursday of \u201chybrid threats\u201d from Russia, accusing it of engaging in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[5340,11783,13489,2000,1699,332,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-398930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-antonio-costa","10":"tag-bulgaria","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-european-union","13":"tag-russia","14":"tag-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115149578253276742","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}