US EditionRussia wants to drain Europe's investigative resources with its sabotage campaign, officials say
Since 2023, Russia’s sabotage campaign has caused 145 incidents, straining European security and prompting deployment of 10,000 troops to protect critical infrastructure, officials say.
- This year, the Associated Press database shows 145 disruption incidents across Europe, with incidents jumping from one in 2023 to 26 in 2024 and six documented so far in 2025.
- Officials say the campaign seeks to deprive Kyiv of support, sow divisions, and expose security weak spots while Russia's intelligence services drain European security services, Estonian State Prosecutor Triinu Olev-Aas said last year.
- Moscow's methods include outsourcing sabotage to recruiters and criminal networks, using people released from prisons for arson, explosives, and parcel bomb attacks linked to Yevgeny Ivanov, GRU, and Wagner Group.
- Prosecutors in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia formed joint investigation teams, Poland deployed 10,000 troops, and officials say 24/7 cooperation is overstretching European intelligence services.
- Analysts say the campaign briefly paused in late 2024 and early this year to curry favor with US President Donald Trump's administration but has resumed at full pace, with officials saying 'they are back to business.
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Russia has been carrying out a targeted sabotage campaign in Europe since the beginning of the war. More than 140 incidents since 2022 have impacted European security authorities.
Associated Press has followed a satellite campaign in Europe which Western officials have associated with Russia since the invasion of Ukraine. 145 incidents have been recorded on the continent. During the year, the AP discussed with more than 40 officials...
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The Morning CallBy EMMA BURROWS In November, a train carrying nearly 500 people came to a sudden halt in eastern Poland. A downed power line had shattered several windows, and the track ahead was damaged. Elsewhere on the line, explosives detonated as a freight train passed. No one was injured in either incident, and the damage was limited, but Poland, which blamed the attack on Russian intelligence services, responded forcefully, deploying 10,000 troops to pro…
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Independent EspañolBy EMMA BURROWS In November, a train carrying nearly 500 people came to a sudden halt in eastern Poland. A downed power line had shattered several windows, and the track ahead was damaged. Elsewhere on the line, explosives detonated as a freight train passed. No one was injured in either incident, and the damage was limited, but Poland, which blamed the attack on Russian intelligence services, responded forcefully, deploying 10,000 troops to pro…
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