How Russia’s attacks on energy infrastructure affect daily lives in the West

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission): House Commission · January 15, 2026

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Russia's escalation from hybrid tactics to open war

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Unidentified Speaker said Russia's actions in Europe have moved "from...that hybrid space up to just war," arguing the Kremlin's approach has escalated beyond prior coercive tactics. The speaker framed this as a defining shift in threat level.

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Unidentified speaker before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe argued that Russia has escalated from hybrid tactics to direct attacks on energy infrastructure, citing Nord Stream, Gazprom and attacks on Ukraine and across NATO, and urged reframing energy security as a military concern.

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