Throughout 2025, Russia deployed hybrid ‘gray zone’ tactics involving sabotage, cyberattacks, and proxy criminal groups to disrupt logistics and communication networks essential to US companies supporting Ukraine’s military efforts. These actions included unsophisticated physical sabotage like arson at warehouses and incendiary devices sent via transport, alongside cyberattacks targeting logistical and industrial control systems through phishing, ransomware, and DDoS attacks. Critical infrastructure in NATO countries backing Ukraine such as Poland, Baltic states, and parts of Western Europe has seen sabotage attempts disrupting telecommunications, energy grids, and undersea internet cables, causing significant operational challenges for businesses. While early 2025 saw a decline in such incidents due to NATO patrol intensification and shifting Kremlin strategy possibly influenced by US political dynamics, there exists a potential resurgence if US-Russia relations deteriorate, particularly if military aid to Ukraine escalates. Companies have responded by bolstering supply chain resilience through risk mapping, diversifying suppliers and transport routes, enhancing inventory tracking, and conducting crisis simulations to mitigate future disruptions.
Category: Military & Paramilitary Operations
Subcategory: Unconventional / Paramilitary
Incident Type: Proxy forces, militias, mercenaries (e.g. Wagner-type groups)
Country: United States of America
Source report: www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/russia-hy…
