Western Intelligence Cautions Russia Is Stepping Up Sabotage and Assassination Plans in Europe

European security agencies warned that Russia is intensifying hybrid sabotage and assassination plots against defense executives as part of a campaign to weaken support for Ukraine.

• Officials from five European intelligence agencies warned that Russia is intensifying assassination plans targeting executives at European defense companies.
• German domestic intelligence chief Sinan Selen told lawmakers that Russia is deliberately planning violence against individuals through state-affiliated actors.
• Estonian internal security chief Margo Palloson said the August attack on robotics maker Milrem sought to disrupt weapons supplies to Ukrainian forces.
• Yandex said a drone attack fully closed its data center in the Vladimir region on Sunday, the third to stop operating in recent days.