Key facts
- French President Emmanuel Macron warned that Russia's hybrid attacks against Europe and France have intensified.
- Macron stated the intent of the attacks is to intimidate and break European support for Ukraine.
- France has been targeted by Russian hybrid attacks in recent weeks.
- Macron tasked the government with protecting critical infrastructure and sensitive defense industry and technology sites.
- France will call a G7 meeting to discuss energy issues and gas stocks.
- The G7 meeting will consider options for releasing strategic reserves.
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that the threat of hybrid attacks by Russia against Europe and France has intensified. Speaking on Friday, Macron stated that France had been targeted by such attacks in recent weeks and that these would not be left "without a response." He indicated that the intent behind these actions is to intimidate European nations and undermine their support for Ukraine, asserting that this would have the opposite effect.