RUSSIANS are escalating a dangerous hybrid war against Nato with tricks from Vladimir Putin's classic playbook in a bid to sow chaos in Europe.

In the last two weeks, Europe has witnessed fighter jet face-offs, mysterious large drone sightings and coordinated sabotage operations that crippled operations at major airports.

All these attacks bore hallmarks of Moscow’s increasingly varied hybrid war in Europe.

Security and military experts also pointed their fingers at Putin, who has a chilling past of orchestrating sabotage activities and other hybrid warfare techniques against the West.

A sighting of a suspected drone briefly shuttered a Danish airport on Friday for the second time in a few hours, after the country's prime minister said the flights were part of "hybrid attacks" that may

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