Denmark says Russia has conducted sabotage attacks against its defense firms
PET says Moscow is using proxies recruited online as it escalates hybrid attacks against suppliers tied to Ukraine's war effort.
- On Wednesday, a Danish intelligence official reported that Russia has initiated sabotage operations against Danish companies supplying Ukraine after concluding previous broad disruption efforts failed to deter Western NATO support.
- Josefine Christensen, lead analyst at the Danish national security and intelligence service , noted that while planning occurred in spring, operations surged in early summer as Moscow began targeting drone component manufacturers.
- Russia increasingly recruits untrained proxies via Telegram for low-threshold tasks like photography, which escalate to sabotage. "It could be anyone just looking for quick money," Christensen said.
- Moscow has repeatedly denied involvement in sabotage, despite growing operational boldness. Earlier hybrid attacks include an attempted drone incident in August at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport blamed on Russia.
- Denmark's defence intelligence service expects Russia to intensify hybrid attacks against the West in coming months, aiming to hit targets with a "direct impact on the front line.
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Russia has launched sabotage operations against Danish companies involved in arms supplies to Ukraine, Josefine Christensen, a senior analyst at the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET), said at a security conference in Copenhagen on Wednesday. The Russian embassy in Copenhagen rejected the accusations and accused the Danish authorities of making unfounded accusations against Moscow.
According to the Danish Internal Intelligence Service (PET), Moscow directly targets Danish weapons manufacturers supplying military equipment to Ukraine.
RUSSIA has started carrying out sabotage against Danish companies that supply Ukraine, a Danish intelligence official said today.
Russia carried out sabotage against Danish defense firms, intelligence says
Josefine Christensen, an analyst at the Danish national security and intelligence service (PET), said Russia was increasingly focusing on targets directly connected to Western military support for Ukraine.
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According to an employee of the Danish intelligence service PET, Russia is reportedly trying to sabotage defense companies that manufacture products for Ukraine. According to Josefine Christensen of the PET, this is a significant escalation.
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