Russia Increasingly Prepares Explosions and Arson in Europe, Risk of Civilian Casualties

Russia has already begun to more actively prepare explosions, arson and damage to infrastructure in Europe, both directly and with the help of intermediaries, and does not care about possible casualties among the civilian population.

The reason is that Russia is on a course for permanent conflict with the West, sources told the Financial Times.

“We believe that the risk of state-controlled damage is increasing significantly. It seems that Russia now feels comfortable conducting operations on European soil with a high potential for harm,” Thomas Haldenwang, the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence service, said earlier.

A senior European government official said NATO security services were receiving information about “clear and definite Russian devices” that were coordinated and extensive.

Although Moscow’s agents have long engaged in such activities and have carried out sporadic attacks in Europe in recent years, there is growing evidence of more aggressive and coordinated efforts, which ‘ wrote the Financial Times.

In April, two German-Russian citizens were detained in Bavaria on suspicion of planning arson and bombings at military facilities to prevent the delivery of aid to the Ukrainian armed forces. On the other hand, at the end of April, in Great Britain, two men were accused of causing a fire in a warehouse containing aid shipments to Ukraine. According to the prosecutor’s office, they were working for the Russian government.