Security services say spate of fires and infrastructure attacks could be part of systemic attempt by Russia to destabilise continent
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Security services around Europe are on alert to a potential new weapon of Russia’s war – arson and sabotage – after a spate of mystery fires and attacks on infrastructure in the Baltics, Germany and the UK.
When a fire broke out in Ikea in Vilnius in Lithuania this month, few passed any remarks until the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, suggested it could have been the work of a foreign saboteur.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/30/europe-on-high-alert-after-suspected-moscow-linked-arson-and-sabotage
Author : Lisa O’Carroll in Brussels
Publish date : 2024-05-30 04:00:19
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