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Desperate Putin’s Wild Revenge Plan Leaks
The Daily Beast • • world
Key Points:
- Lithuanian intelligence warns that Vladimir Putin is planning false flag operations using captured Ukrainian drones to stage provocative incidents in several European countries supporting Ukraine.
- Recent incidents include a drone carrying explosives found at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany, prompting a counter-terrorism investigation and raising concerns of professional hybrid threat scenarios.
- Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and Poland believe Russia aims to conduct sabotage attacks on infrastructure to weaken NATO's support for Ukraine, though Russian officials deny these claims.
- Europe has seen multiple attacks since 2022 targeting rail, energy, and logistics hubs, with Ukraine intensifying strikes on Russian energy and logistics facilities, causing a significant energy crisis in Russia.
- German and Ukrainian officials emphasize the seriousness of these threats, linking the drone attacks to broader Russian efforts to destabilize European support for Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict.
