Dutch military intelligence: Ukraine war remains biggest threat to Europe’s security

The From the service’s perspective, war in Ukraine remains the greatest security threat to Europe. Reesink referred, among other things, to Russia’s military cooperation China, Iran and North Korea. The MIVD sees two main risks from China: structural Cyberspionage against the Western defense industry and a growing number of cyber campaigns that aim to exploit vulnerabilities in routers, firewalls and VPN solutions for attacks.

According to the service Chinese companies support Russia also with satellite technology and satellite images. Russian actors could also use artificial intelligence to carry out attacks partially automate execute faster and target more targets at the same time.

Reesink said, Europe must “stand on its own two feet” – in defense as well as in the Cooperation of the intelligence services. The report comes against the backdrop of growing tensions within NATO. Relations with the USA remained close, said Reesink. At the same time, pressure is growing in Europe to expand internal cooperation and rely less on the “unpredictable” politics in Washington.