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Approximately 6,300 schools across Italy received bomb threat notifications, with many evacuated following the suspicious alerts signed by the mysterious name “Mikhail Andropov, leader of Mizogynystan,” according to Ynet. The widespread nature of the threats suggests a coordinated campaign rather than isolated incidents.
Similar bomb threats were reported in Northern Ireland and Scotland simultaneously, indicating a potential broader European hybrid warfare campaign. This follows a pattern of escalating Russian-attributed hybrid attacks on European infrastructure, including cyber attacks on supermarkets and blood banks, plus previous false bomb threats on aircraft and television channels.
Israeli security analysts have characterised these incidents as part of “hybrid warfare” against Europe, representing Russia’s escalating campaign of destabilisation targeting NATO-allied nations and civilian infrastructure through coordinated false threat campaigns designed to disrupt normal operations and create social panic.
Sources: Ynet, Walla, www.israelhayom.co.il, Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post