Sabotage and hacking: Russia prepares diversions in Europe - ft

European intelligence services warn of increasing threats from Russia, including acts of violence, sabotage and hacker attacks in the European territory. Russia seeks to increase pressure to the West and demonstrate its ability to violence. Russia prepares diversions throughout Europe. This was reported by the Financial Times Media with reference to the conclusions of special services from three unnamed countries.

Special services staff note that Russia has already begun to actively prepare secret explosions, set on to and damage the infrastructure, both directly and through intermediaries, without taking into account possible human casualties. These operations have a more aggressive and coordinated nature, unlike previous sporadic attacks in Europe. Special services representatives are increasingly talking about the growing threat, trying to draw attention to its seriousness.

The head of German intelligence expressed concern, talking about the risk of sabotage -controlled acts with "high potential of harm". European governments have also received information from NATO security services about Russia's coordinated and large -scale approaches. In addition to accusations of misinformation and hacking campaigns, Europe also faced Russia's attempts to make far -right politicians with its allies before the upcoming European elections.

This reveals Russia's desire to exert maximum pressure on Europe in various fields, including misinformation, sabotage and hacking. In this context, the newspaper mentions a number of NPs, which are suspected of Russia. It is about: Increasing aggression from Russia reflects the country's desire to repeat itself after a particularly difficult period related to the depletion of Russian special services forces after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

All this causes serious fears in European intelligence circles that try to draw attention to the growing threat from Russia and call for increased vigilance and focus to counteract this threat. We will remind, in the second half of April it became known that "Wagnerivtsi" prepare Belarusian special forces for sabotage in Ukraine. According to the underground, Russian mercenaries conducted a training on engineering and firearms, as well as tactical medicine for Belarusian special forces.