US EditionLithuania says Russian military intelligence was behind an arson attack at an Ikea store in Vilnius
- Lithuanian prosecutors attribute an arson attack at an Ikea store in Vilnius to Russia's military intelligence service, GRU, according to the Lithuanian prosecutor general's office.
- Prosecutor Arturas Urbelis described the incident as 'an act of terrorism' due to its serious consequences.
- Two teenage suspects reportedly planned the attack during a secret meeting in Warsaw for a reward of £10,000 and a car.
- Urbelis indicated that investigations linked the attack to military intelligence and security services of Russia.
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The Lithuanian authorities have identified in the Russian military intelligence services the perpetrators of the arson that hit the Ikea shopping center in Vilnius on 9 May 2024. The investigation led to the arrest of two Ukrainian citizens, believed to be part of a network operating between Poland, Lithuania and Estonia with the aim of carrying out sabotage. One of the suspects, a minor at the time of the events, is now in custody in Lithuania,…
Russian agents set fire to Lithuanian Ikea ‘because its colours are the same as the Ukrainian flag’
Russian military agents set fire to an Ikea store in Lithuania last year because “Ikea’s colours are the same as Ukraine’s flag”, prosecutors alleged, labelling the attack an “act of terrorism”. The arson attack in Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, came just days before a shopping centre in nearby…
As Lithuania points out Russia after a new act of sabotage, Moscow accuses the blow, denouncing an attempt by the West to defy anti-Russian sentiment. ...
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