https://apnews.com/projects/russian-europe-sabotage/
"In November, a train carrying almost 500 people came to a sudden halt in
eastern Poland. A broken overhead line had smashed several windows, and the
track ahead was damaged. Elsewhere on the line, explosives detonated under a
passing freight train.
No one was hurt in either case and the damage was limited, but Poland, which
blamed the attack on Russia’s intelligence services, responded forcefully: It
deployed 10,000 troops to protect critical infrastructure.
The sabotage in Poland is one of 145 incidents in an
Associated Press
database that Western officials say are part of a campaign of disruption across
Europe masterminded by Russia. Officials say the campaign — waged since
President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — aims to deprive Kyiv
of support, create divisions among Europeans and identify the continent's
security weak spots.
So far in this hybrid war, most known acts of sabotage have resulted in minimal
damage — nothing compared to the tens of thousands of lives lost and cities
decimated across Ukraine.
But officials say each act — from vandalism of monuments to cyberattacks to
warehouse fires — sucks up valuable security resources. The head of one large
European intelligence service said investigations into Russian interference now
swallow up as much of the agency’s time as terrorism."
Via Joerg Fliege.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
