European Power-Grid Sabotage
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Investigators in Germany suspect sabotage after disruptions at power facilities in North Rhine-Westphalia and Brandenburg, while police in Potsdam investigate an attempted attack as terrorism. Polish officials and analysts describe incidents in Poland and Germany as part of a more aggressive Russian hybrid campaign, while Donald Tusk calls a fire at a Polish drone factory deliberate arson.
Energy Security: Renewables Group Calls for Emergency Backup System Against Grid Sabotage
Germany’s renewable energy sector wants the country to prepare for power-grid attacks with a backup system that can keep smaller failures from becoming wider outages. “There is no complete protection against such attacks,” Ursula Heinen-Esser, president of the German Renewable Energy Federation, told the Rheinische Post. But she said the energy transition offered an opportunity to reduce risks, de…
Russia intensifies its shadow war as spy chief warns of more sabotage targeting defense industry
European countries increasingly find themselves caught in a shadow war, with Russian agents and hired criminals accused of carrying out sabotage, espionage, cyberattacks and influence campaigns. Russi…
“Expect cheap operations that are difficult to attribute clearly,” Jacek Siewiera says on sabotage in Poland and Germany
Jacek Siewiera says the growing number of sabotage incidents in Poland and Germany should no longer be treated as a series of isolated accidents. In his view, they signal that Russia has entered a mor…
North Rhine-Westphalia and Brandenburg: Power-grid attacks raise sabotage suspicions
Six launch devices hidden in a cornfield near Bergheim, close to Cologne, have brought a second German power-grid incident under suspicion of deliberate sabotage. Investigators believe unknown attacke…
Russian Sabotage in Germany and Poland Seeks to Convince People They Are to Blame Themselves
Two attacks on German coal-fired power infrastructure have intensified suspicions that the country’s energy networks are being tested for vulnerabilities. At a substation in Bergheim, near Cologne, un…
Polish Prime Minister Says Fire at Drone Factory Was Sabotage
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said there was no doubt that a fire at a factory producing combat-drone components was a deliberate act of arson. Prosecutors are investigating the blaze as possible …