US indicts five alleged Russian agents over global sabotage and assassination plots
US federal prosecutors have charged five alleged Russian intelligence operatives with plotting targeted killings and sabotage across Europe and North America to disrupt support for Ukraine.
Federal prosecutors in the United States have unsealed charges against five alleged Russian intelligence operatives accused of orchestrating an international sabotage and assassination campaign. According to an indictment filed in Manhattan, the suspects paid or attempted to pay recruits across North America and Europe to surveil and eliminate individuals supporting Ukraine. Reported incidents include a physical assault in Prague carried out in June 2024. All five individuals remain at large.
Simultaneously, Denmark’s Security and Intelligence Service disclosed that Russian operatives carried out physical sabotage against Danish defense contractors supplying equipment to Kyiv. Danish authorities characterized the attacks as a marked escalation in Moscow’s ongoing hybrid warfare operations intended to undermine Western aid to Ukraine.
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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