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Critical Infrastructure Faces Growing Risk From Sabotage Incidents
The war in Ukraine has led to an increase in drone incidents and sabotage attempts against critical infrastructure in Europe, according to a report by AeroTime. Recent incidents, such as the crash of two drones near an oil storage facility in Latvia, have raised concerns about the vulnerability of strategic assets. Experts warn that drones can create disproportionate operational, political, and psychological effects when operating near sensitive infrastructure, and that Europe must operationalize its response to the growing threat. The EU’s Critical Entities Resilience Directive aims to address this issue, but experts argue that more needs to be done to bridge the gap between compliance and capability, as well as to adapt military lessons to civilian resilience frameworks.