US EditionRussian mercenary group ordered arson attack on London warehouse linked to Ukraine, Old Bailey hears
- On March 20, 2023, six men set fire to two warehouse units in Leyton, East London, owned by a firm supplying aid to Ukraine.
- The arson was orchestrated by Dylan Earl and Jake Reeves, who admitted aggravated arson and were recruited by Russia's Wagner Group.
- Four other defendants—Rose, Mensah, English, and Asmena—allegedly helped start the blaze and recorded or livestreamed the attack.
- Prosecutor Duncan Penny described the arson as a purposeful and premeditated act directed by foreign forces, resulting in approximately £1 million in damages and endangering lives.
- The case shows foreign-directed sabotage against Ukrainian interests in the UK, though some defendants deny arson and might have acted from greed or ignorance.
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A warehouse with aid shipments to Ukraine was set on fire in London. The trial of the men suspected of carrying out the attack on behalf of the Wagner Group is now underway.
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Six men went on trial in London on June 4 over an arson attack on a business that supplied Starlink satellite equipment to Ukraine, in a case that prosecutors say is linked to Russia’s Wagner mercenary group. At the start of the trial at London’s Central Criminal Court, which is better known as the Old Bailey, prosecutor Duncan Penny KC said the arson attack on March 20, 2024, was planned by Wagner agents. Wagner was designated a terrorist organ…
Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodaySix on trial over London arson attack linked to Wagner Group in alleged €1m Russian plot
LONDON, June 5 — Six men went on trial on Wednesday over an arson attack that prosecutors say was carried out on behalf of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group on a business in London involved in shipping goods to Ukraine. The warehouse units torched in March last year on an industrial estate in east London belonged to Oddisey, a company that delivered packages and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, including satellite equipment from Elon Musk’s Starlink. …
In the UK, the trial of 6 men has begun. They are accused of setting fire to warehouses at an enterprise in London, which was engaged in the supply of goods to Ukraine on the order of PVC “Wagner”.
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The Irish SunFour men 'torched Ukrainian-owned firm in UK on behalf of Russia’s Wagner Group'
FOUR men accused of torching a Ukrainian-owned firm in the UK did so on behalf of Russia’s Wagner Group, a court has heard. Goods including Starlink satellite equipment were being sent out to Kyiv from the targeted industrial estate unit. Around £1million in damage was caused when it was set alight in Leyton, East London, in March last year. Paul English, 61, Nii Kojo Mensah, 23, Jakeem Barrington Rose, 23, and Ugnius Asmena, 20, are said to hav…
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