Explosive packages in DHL warehouses raise Russian sabotage fears

[craig nigrelli]

RUSSIA IS SUSPECTED OF ATTEMPTING TO SABOTAGE EUROPEAN TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS.

COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIALS IN THE UK AND GERMANY ARE NOW INVESTIGATING AFTER A PACKAGE IGNITED AT A DHL WAREHOUSE IN BIRMINGHAM.

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED BACK IN JULY – BUT THERE ARE NEW CONCERNS IT HAD BEEN DELIBERATELY PLANTED ON A PLANE HEADING TO THE UK. COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIALS ARE NOW EXAMINING WHETHER THE DEVICE WAS PART OF A RUSSIAN EFFORT TO DISRUPT BRITAIN’S LOGISTICS NETWORK AND CAUSE CHAOS.

IN GERMANY, A PACKAGE BURST INTO FLAMES AT A DHL FACILITY IN LEIPZIG, JUST BEFORE IT WAS DUE TO BE LOADED ON A PLANE. OFFICIALS SAY THE EXPLOSION COULD HAVE BROUGHT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT IF IT HAD OCCURRED MID-FLIGHT, POTENTIALLY CAUSING A MAJOR AVIATION DISASTER. GERMAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES SUSPECT PRO-RUSSIAN SABOTEURS MAY BE BEHIND THE INCIDENT.

AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THESE INCIDENTS COULD BE PART OF A WIDER RUSSIAN STRATEGY TO DISRUPT EUROPE’S SUPPLY CHAINS, AS MOSCOW SEEKS REVENGE FOR WESTERN SUPPORT OF UKRAINE IN THE ONGOING CONFLICT.

OFFICIALS FROM THE UK’S M-I-5 AND GERMANY’S INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES HAVE WARNED OF INCREASED RUSSIAN AGGRESSION, INCLUDING ATTEMPTS TO SABOTAGE MILITARY SITES AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

GERMANY’S INTELLIGENCE CHIEF SAYS THESE SABOTAGE EFFORTS HAVE BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS, WITH RUSSIAN OPERATIVES TARGETING EVERYTHING FROM SUPPLY ROUTES TO MILITARY FACILITIES. ADDING SUCH AGGRESSION IS “PUTTING LIVES AT RISK” AND AIMED AT SPREADING INSTABILITY ACROSS EUROPE.

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