{
  "id": 5255341,
  "title": "Gastkommentar – Global Challenges: Wie verteidigt man sich gegen hybride Kriegsführung?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/gastkommentar-global-challenges-wie-verteidigt-man-sich-gegen-hybride",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T05:31:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/global-challenges/gastkommentar-global-challenges-wie-verteidigt-man-sich-gegen-hybride-kriegsfuehrung/100251076.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Hybrid warfare has been a topic of discussion for some time now. The attempted attack in Leipzig is seen as a possible example of a hybrid attack by a foreign power. The German government has attributed the role of a puppeteer to Russia. However, the exact meaning of hybrid warfare, its legal relevance, and how to defend against it are still unclear. There is no definitive definition of the term. Linguistically, \"hybrid\" implies a hybrid creature. In the context of warfare, it refers to a bundle of various measures. These include military, political, economic, informational, and digital actions. The aim is to create disinformation, propaganda, economic pressure. Elections and political processes are targeted to influence them; often, the attacks aim at critical infrastructure. Cyber attacks and information campaigns on social media form the core of these measures, but also hidden sabotage actions in the real world. Operatives, hired helpers, or armed fighters without identification can be employed there. Crimea's gradual annexation in 2014 by \"green men\", that is, soldiers without allegiance to any state, is cited as an example. The immediate defense of such attacks, as well as their legal categorization, is complicated by the deliberate concealment of their origin.",
  "summary": "Laut Berlin steckt Russland hinter dem Drohnenvorfall am Flughafen Leipzig. Der Völkerrechtler Christoph Safferling analysiert, welche Antworten auf diese hybride Kriegsführung möglich sind.",
  "key_points": [
    "Hybrid warfare combines military, political, economic, informational, and digital actions.",
    "Russia accused of orchestrating hybrid attacks, but legal relevance unclear.",
    "Core of hybrid warfare includes cyber attacks and social media information campaigns."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The ambiguity surrounding hybrid warfare leaves governments struggling to define and defend against it, allowing foreign powers to exploit these grey areas and complicate attribution and response.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}