Denmark PET Says Russia Now Conducting Sabotage Against Danish Defense Companies Supplying Ukraine
An official from Denmark's national security and intelligence service (PET), speaking at a homeland security conference in Copenhagen, said Russia has begun sabotage operations against Danish companies supplying weapons to Ukraine, according to Reuters as relayed by The Defense Post
Danish arms makers supplying Ukraine now face Russian state-directed sabotage, and smaller drone and component firms are most exposed because their security budgets were sized for commercial risk. PET describes a pipeline in which Telegram-recruited amateurs, including homeless people and drug users, move from photographing facilities to physical attacks, so reconnaissance near plants is the observable that precedes damage. Untrained recruits lower Russia's cost per attempt and weaken attribution. The Russian defense ministry's list naming European drone makers as military targets gives the campaign a declared rationale beyond Denmark. The account rests on a single official statement relayed by Reuters, uncorroborated, and may partly serve Danish and European arguments for defense-industry funding. It may also describe criminal-for-hire activity not centrally directed from Moscow.
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- Denmark says Russia has conducted sabotage attacks against its defense firms -
The Defense Post - Russia targets Danish arms industry. Authorities uncover sabotage -
Defence24 - Denmark says Russia has conducted sabotage attacks against its defense firms -
Reuters (via The Star)