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Articles with tag "Sabotage"

Swedish Police Investigate New Baltic Sea Cable Damage

The same cable was previously cut in November, with suspicions falling on a Chinese vessel.

Russia Says Baltic Sea Cable Damaged by ‘External Impact'

"Some time ago in the Baltic Sea a Rostelecom underwater cable was damaged as the result of external impact," Rostelecom's operator said.
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Norway Accuses Russia of Planning Sabotage Attacks Against Country

Norwegian intelligence services claimed that Moscow may try targeting energy infrastructure or aid sent to Ukraine.
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Russia Opens Terrorism Case Over Arson Attack on War Donation Center – Reports

A 48-year-old man has been placed in custody over the incident after a student told law enforcement he was filming the fire for the man.
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Poland Shutters Consulate in St. Petersburg on Russian Order

The closure is a tit-for-tat move in an escalating diplomatic crisis between Poland and Russia.
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Swedish Navy Recovers Anchor of Tanker Suspected of Baltic Sea Cable Damage

The oil tanker, which allegedly belongs to Russia's "shadow fleet," is suspected of damaging four underwater telecoms cables and one power cable.
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Baltic Sea Telecoms Cables Repaired After Suspected Sabotage

Experts and politicians have said recent actions targeting vital infrastructure are part of a hybrid war between Russia and Western countries.
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Finland Imposes Travel Ban on Tanker Crew Amid Cable Sabotage Probe

Finnish authorities suspect the Eagle S tanker ship’s anchor damaged the Estlink 2 submarine cable late last month.
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Finnish Police Investigate Role of Foreign Ship After Underwater Cable Damaged

Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation said a probe for “aggravated sabotage” had been opened into the oil tanker Eagle S.
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Nordic-Baltic Security Coalition Meets Amid Heightened European Security Concerns

Leaders of the 10-country JEF, a multinational military partnership that can act independently in its own right, are meeting in Tallinn.
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Russia Arrests German Citizen Over Alleged Sabotage – Reports

The man, a dual German-Russian citizen was accused of trying to sabotage the rail line with “an explosive device.”
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Russia’s FSB Arrests German Man for Alleged Sabotage of Energy Infrastructure in Kaliningrad

The man, identified as Nikolai Gaiduk, was accused of being involved in a March 2024 explosion at a gas distribution station in Kaliningrad.
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Russia’s FSB Says It Foiled Ukrainian Railway Attack in Crimea

Law enforcement officials detained a man they claimed was secretly working with Ukrainian security services.
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Russia Says Summoned Canadian Diplomat to Reject Sabotage Accusations

Moscow said the accusations were spread in a “coordinated manner, in the context of a hybrid war.”
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Moscow Behind Incendiary Packages Sent Across Europe, Lithuanian Official Says

An adviser to Lithuania’s president said the shipments were part of a Russian military intelligence operation across the continent.
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Poland Closes Russian Consulate in Poznan Over ‘Sabotage’ Attempts

Russian staff at the consular mission will be recognized as “undesirable,” Polish media quoted Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski as saying.
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U.K. Police Investigate Warehouse Package Fire Amid Russian Sabotage Fears

The incident occurred at a DHL warehouse near Birmingham on July 22. No one was injured in the fire, which was put out by staff and the fire brigade.
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Ukraine Says Destroyed Army Transport Plane in Russia

Ukraine's defense intelligence agency posted a video of what it said was an arson attack, showing a fire burning inside the military aircraft.
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Russian Court Imprisons 13 Young Men for Anti-War Sabotage Acts

The men were accused of committing 13 acts of sabotage at strategic railway and energy sites in the Russian capital and the Krasnoyarsk region.
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Russian Saboteurs May Have Targeted NATO Base – German Media

Earlier, a spokesperson for the military base in Western Germany dismissed the notion of drone flyovers as “absurd.”
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