Hybrid threats from Russia : France strengthens protection of critical infrastructure and defense sites, projecting major actions at autumn 2027 – Digital Watch Observatory

Hybrid threats from Russia : France strengthens protection of critical infrastructure and defense sites, projecting major actions at autumn 2027  Digital Watch Observatory

Hybrid attacks from Russia : France launches a plan to protect critical infrastructure and defence industry sites against Home | Updates | Hybrid threats from Russia: projecting major actions by autumn 2027, France protects its critical infrastructures According to Le Monde, French President Emmanuel Macron announced on 18 September 2026 that he had instructed the government to prepare a plan against Russian hybrid threats to protect France’s critical infrastructure and the most sensitive sites of the defence industrial and technological base against drone and cyberattacks. Speaking after a meeting at the Élysée Palace with political-party leaders and senior security officials, Macron said that the Russian hybrid threat facing France and Europe had intensified.

He linked the development to a broader pattern of Russian ‘shadow’ operations intended, in his assessment, to intimidate European countries and weaken support for Ukraine. The announcement comes against a background of increasing concern in European capitals about attacks that operate below the threshold of conventional armed conflict. Macron referred to several incidents since the summer, including drone-related incidents and other activities affecting European security. The French government had already increased preparedness: on 17 September, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez convened France’s regional security authorities to strengthen national resilience amid what the government described as a diversification and multiplication of threats, including hybrid attacks, cyberattacks, disinformation and attacks