US charges five alleged Russian agents over targeted assassination plots
US prosecutors have charged five alleged Russian intelligence agents over plots targeting Ukraine supporters across Europe and North America.
United States federal prosecutors have unsealed charges against five individuals connected to Russian intelligence for conspiring to carry out targeted assassinations and sabotage across Europe and North America. According to the Department of Justice, the network recruited operatives internationally to monitor and attack entities and individuals supporting Ukraine, including a June 2024 attack in Prague.
Meanwhile, Denmark’s Security and Intelligence Service reported that Russian operatives conducted physical sabotage against Danish defense firms supplying equipment to Ukrainian forces. Danish authorities characterized the acts as a major escalation in Moscow’s ongoing hybrid warfare campaign aimed at undermining Western support for Kyiv. All five primary suspects 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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