Kremlinism/Sabotage

Sabotage, terrorist attacks, hybrid war.

EU

• The Polish security service ABW has detained 6 people working for Russian secret services after they were caught on a sabotage mission in Eastern Poland, near the border with Ukraine. They had also been spying on railway traffic in the area.

• Arson attacks on shopping centers in Vilnius and Warsaw in May 2024 were organized by Russian intelligence services, says Lithuania’s prosecutor. Polish PM Tusk confirms this. The investigation revealed the suspect who set fire to an IKEA store in Vilnius received €10,000 and a used BMW.

• Russia using criminal networks to drive increase in sabotage acts, says Europol

• Lithuania suspects Russia behind arson attacks in Vilnius and Warsaw last year

USA, Canada

• Russia suspected of sending incendiary devices on US- and Canada-bound planes, Wall Street Journal reports