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Russia Steps Up Sabotage Attacks on Danish Defense Firms, Intelligence Says
Kyiv Post • • world
Key Points:
- Russia has escalated sabotage operations against Danish companies supplying military equipment to Ukraine after concluding that broader efforts to disrupt Western support for Kyiv were ineffective, according to Denmark’s Security and Intelligence Service (PET).
- The shift marks a significant intensification in Moscow’s hybrid warfare campaign, focusing on directly impacting weapons production to affect the frontline in Ukraine.
- Russia denies involvement in sabotage activities, with the Russian Embassy in Copenhagen dismissing the allegations as unfounded.
- PET reports that Russia increasingly recruits untrained proxies, including vulnerable individuals, through social media platforms to carry out reconnaissance and sabotage tasks.
- Denmark’s defense intelligence warns of likely intensified Russian hybrid attacks against Western countries in the coming months, following recent incidents such as the attempted drone attack in Germany.
