US charges five alleged Russian agents over assassination plots in Europe and America
US prosecutors unseal charges against five alleged Russian agents accused of plotting assassinations and sabotage in North America and Europe.
Unsealed court filings in Manhattan federal court reveal that the United States Department of Justice has charged five alleged Russian intelligence operatives with conspiring to carry out targeted killings and sabotage across North America and Europe. Federal authorities state that the network recruited international proxies to surveil and attack targets perceived as supporting Ukraine, including orchestrating a June 2024 attack in Prague.
Concurrently, Denmark's Security and Intelligence Service disclosed during a Copenhagen security conference that state-backed Russian actors executed physical sabotage against Danish defense contractors supplying equipment to Kyiv. Danish intelligence framed the actions as a serious escalation in Moscow's ongoing hybrid warfare tactics across Europe. All five suspects named in the American indictment remain at large.
Sources: BBC News, France24, OCCRP, Sweden Herald, The Guardian.
Sources
- The Guardian — Russia plotting to kill Ukraine allies in US and Europe, FBI says
- France24 — US announces charges against five alleged agents for Russia over assassination plots
- BBC News — US accuses Russia of trying to kill Ukrainian allies overseas
- OCCRP — US Charges Russian Network in Alleged European Sabotage, US Murder Plot
- Sweden Herald — Denmark Says Russia Sabotaged Companies Supplying Ukraine
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