Russia recruits Danes for sabotage planning, Denmark says
PET said Russian intelligence has concrete sabotage plans against Danish defense firms that support Ukraine and has tried recruiting citizens through social media.
- On Thursday, Denmark's national security service, PET, revealed that Russia is recruiting Danish citizens to help plan sabotage against domestic defense firms with ties to Ukraine.
- "Russia is planning and carrying out acts of sabotage against defense companies," Emil Gresholm, head of PET counterintelligence, said, with Russian intelligence services actively preparing sabotage directed at the Danish defense industry.
- Russian agencies used social media and gaming platforms to recruit Danes for tasks including photographing infrastructure and companies, which could facilitate future sabotage operations, Gresholm said.
- Gresholm stressed that assisting Russian intelligence services is "extremely serious," whether citizens act deliberately or unwittingly, as the country faces heightened sabotage risks.
- Amid broader European concerns regarding hybrid warfare, a recent drone incident at Leipzig and Halle Airport in Germany prompted calls for new sanctions, though Moscow has denied any involvement in sabotage.
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Russia is reportedly preparing sabotage attacks targeting Danish defense companies providing military aid to Ukraine. This is reported by the Danish…
The Danish defense industry has become a target.
The Danish company PET stated that Russian intelligence agencies recruited citizens through social media and games platforms to prepare sabotages against defense companies.
According to the Danish intelligence services, Russia is "actively preparing" for sabotage actions. The defence industry would be particularly targeted. Like Denmark, several NATO countries fear Russian operations. - "They are actively preparing actions": Danish intelligence refers to preparations for Russian (International) sabotage.
The Danish Security and Counter-Spying Service (DSP) warns that Russia is actively preparing sabotage actions against its national defence industry but also critical infrastructure. The targeted targets are in particular the companies involved in providing military aid to Ukraine.
Russia is preparing sabotages against Danish defense companies linked to the supply of Kiev, as reported by Berlingske with reference to the head of Danish counter-intelligence, Emil Grasholm.
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