US State Department Allegedly “Incredibly” Concerned About Russia’s “Hybrid Warfare”

What the hell is “hybrid warfare”?

These media and government people just throw around jargon that they know no one understands and which doesn’t even have any meaningful meaning.

The Guardian:

The US state department said it was “incredibly” concerned about Russia’s campaign of hybrid warfare against the west, amid fears it will escalate following Ukraine’s first use of US-made long-range missiles on targets inside Russia, after the Biden administration lifted restrictions on their use.

Russia has promised an “appropriate” response to the new policy, and has engaged in nuclear sabre-rattling by changing its nuclear doctrine in recent days. However, western officials believe the thrust of the Russian response may come not on the battlefield in Ukraine but elsewhere in the world.

Potential hybrid attacks could span a wide menu of options, including expanding its campaign of sabotage and assassinations in Europe or further arming US adversaries in the Middle East and Indo-Pacific regions, according to people briefed on the discussions about a potential Russian response.

What sabotage and assassinations have there been?

In terms of arming the Middle East – that was likely to happen regardless, and already was happening.

European ministers discussed Russia’s asymmetric warfare during a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, where the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom accused Russia in a joint statement of “systematically attacking European security architecture”.

Oh so it’s also “asymmetric warfare”? Is there any jargon terminology that Russia is not being accused of?

What security infrastructure did Russia attack? If these attacks are “systematic,” it seems like they should be obvious to everyone. Unless they are totally ineffective?

What does any of this even mean?

Speaking in Washington, the US state department spokesperson Matthew Miller said: “Generally, we are incredibly concerned about hybrid warfare conducted by Russia both in Europe and around the world, and its something we have been in close coordination with our European allies and other allies and partners around the world.” Referring to the recent sabotage to two under-sea fibre-optic communication cables in the Baltic Sea, Miller added that Russia would be “held accountable” for further such actions.

Russia may choose to delay a further escalation ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump, who has threatened to cut aid to Ukraine and broker a peace deal that is strongly expected to favour Russia.

No source on that last sentence. Just an assertion by The Guardian.

It might be true, but this is not the way news reporting is supposed to work.