A French military source, who asked if Paris could strike back at Russia without the public knowing, told "Le Monde": "That is already the case."

A French military source, who asked if Paris could strike back at Russia without the public knowing, told "Le Monde": "That is already the case."

France has begun covert conventional responses to Russian hybrid attacks in Europe. Fears are rising across the continent that Russia may move directly against NATO in the near future.