According to a Russian expert who spoke to “Sky News Arabia”, the explosion of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Kherson region in recent hours – about which Kiev and Moscow are exchanging accusations – is the latest form of the “gray war” which Kiev is fighting against Moscow, as he put it.
What is the Gray War?
According to military reports, these are:
It adopts a hybrid strategy that combines conventional, irregular and cyber warfare. It focuses on irregular tactics with the aim of wearing down opponents without resorting to open combat. It is based on carrying out attacks that international law does not consider to be acts of war, and operations whose source is vague and can be denied. In which countries use agents (mercenaries, terrorist organizations), according to the report of the American Gatestone Institute. It aims to destabilize the targeted countries from the inside, by putting them in constant tension, to reach the point of internal ignition and explosion.
Gray War
Set fire to the opponent’s territory. Terrorist attacks and explosions. Assassinations, extortion and hostage taking. Espionage and financing of internal opposition political groups. Cyber ​​attacks, political and legal warfare and economic sabotage. Misleading propaganda targeting the election period in the opponent’s country.
Implementation tools
Cyberspace, space, internet, social media and deceptive digital propaganda. Attacks or espionage by drones. Plant explosives and start fires. Quick and effective offensive operations.
What forms in the Ukrainian war?
The most recent was the explosion of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Kherson, which was annexed by Moscow, according to Russian reports. What the American channel “CNN” discovered on Monday about the establishment by Ukraine of “many sympathetic elements” inside Russia, with the aim of committing acts of sabotage, in particular by targeting refineries of oil. the attempt to terrorize Moscow with rallies in May and early June, and to target the Kremlin with that; To sow fear among the inhabitants of the capital and confuse the Russian leadership. Repeatedly penetrating the border in the Belgorod region with American and Belgian weapons, and committing acts of sabotage and arson to scare the population. The latest was Moscow’s thwarting on Tuesday of an attempt to thwart two Ukrainian “terrorist” groups, as described by the Russian Defense Ministry, from entering Belgorod territory under the guise of intense artillery bombardment of civilian targets. March attacks on Severny airport in Ivanovo, Russia. He launched cyberattacks in late May during the United Russia party elections, according to Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev. What was revealed by Russia’s Federal Security Service last week about a cyberattack that included thousands of “Apple” mobile devices, targeting Kaspersky Lab employees, diplomatic missions and embassies in Russia . These attacks were preceded by the murder of Marina Yankina, head of the Western Military District’s financial allowances department, two days after the death of Major General Vladimir Makarov, former deputy head of the Department for Combating Extremism of the Russian Ministry of ‘Interior.
Russian strategic expert Vladimir Igor comments to Sky News Arabia about the exchange of accusations between his country and Ukraine over the Nova Kakhovka dam bombing, that this attack is “the last act of sabotage carried out by Kiev to sow chaos and panic among the pro-Kremlin population.”
He describes Ukraine’s actions outside the borders against Russia as having turned into a “hybrid war”, mixing gray war actions with armed combat actions, with the aim of “terrorizing Russia and to put it in the position of defender, not the attack.”
Igor accuses Kiev of moving with ‘Western planning’; In preparation for implementing his counterattack, blaming him for acts of sabotage that hit the Crimean Bridge, targeting the Kremlin with marches, as well as planting spies and targeting infrastructure to discourage Moscow from completing its military operation.
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