Published on 17/09/2026 – 10:44 GMT+2 • Updated

11:04

European Commissioner for Defence Andrius Kubilius said Europe can respond to Russia in a “painful way” through the development of an anti-hybrid warfare playbook.

“We can find ways for how Russia will pay quite a painful price for their provocations,” he said in exclusive comments to Euronews’ flagship current affairs news programme, Europe Today.

“This is what the Commission president spoke about.”

He was responding to comments made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at her agenda-setting State of the European Union speech on Wednesday, in which she proposed that Europe…

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