“European intelligence agencies have warned their governments that Russia is plotting violent acts of sabotage across the continent as it commits to a course of permanent conflict with the West,” Financial Times reported.
Financial Times continued. “Russia has already begun to more actively prepare covert bombings, arson attacks and damage to infrastructure on European soil, directly and via proxies, with little apparent concern about causing civilian fatalities, intelligence officials believe.”
The UK, Sweden, Estonia, and Germany all say attacks have been sporadic in the past and are becoming more aggressive.
Intelligence officials are becoming increasingly concerned about the alleged threat. German intel chief Thomas Haldenwang says Russia now feels comfortable carrying out operations on European oil.
The Incidents That Caused Concern
Mr Haldenwang spoke just days after two German-Russian nationals were arrested in Bayreuth, Bavaria, for allegedly plotting to attack military and logistics sites in Germany on behalf of Russia.
Two men were charged in the UK in late April with having started a fire at a warehouse containing aid shipments for Ukraine. English prosecutors accuse them of working for the Russian government.
In Sweden, security services are investigating a series of recent railway derailments, which they suspect may be state-backed sabotage.
Russia has attempted to destroy the signaling systems on Czech railways.
In Estonia, an attack on the interior minister’s car in February and those of journalists were perpetrated by Russian intelligence operatives. France’s defense ministry also warned this year of possible sabotage attacks by Russia on military sites.
Our border is open, and the US is allegedly considering escalating the war in Ukraine by sending troops. Russia is running nuclear tests to warn NATO.
Our borders are open.
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If it’s not Trump its Russia. . I’m not buying it.
Keep poking the bear, what do you expect?
I could give two s**ts about EU’s intelligence . . What about our border?
It’s 100% propaganda. A fear is that the west will set up terrorist events, which it has a habit of doing. (Wray also warns of terrorism hitting the USA.)
As the west loses that war badly, and collapses, it gets more desperate.
Russia can win a war with Europe, they do not need terrorism.
Terrorism involves things like blowing up bridges and pipelines, hitting an entertainment event in Russia, and so on, all being done only by the west on Russia.
Think about it from the Russian viewpoint. If they feel the NATO countries of Europe could attack then, should they not plan for non-nuclear options to disable an who attack them.
“Plotting” sounds like anti-Russian propaganda.(subjective reality)
“Strategic Planning” sound like wisdom in an objective world.
After the revelation from the former Merkel government about effectively lying to Russia, how much trust should we expect them to show towards NATO countries.
Would you expect Russia to trust Biden?