In London, pro-Russian saboteurs set fire to the warehouse of a company linked to Ukraine

The British Minister of Defense has already noted his “deep concern.”

In the UK, a group of young men were arrested who, on orders from the Kremlin, committed arson at an industrial enterprise associated with Ukraine. The Guardian reports this .

Dylan Earle, 20, and Jake Reeves, 22, were charged following a fire at an industrial warehouse in east London on March 20. Three other men – Paul English, Nii Mensah and Dmitrus Paulauska – are accused of assisting in the arson.

According to British prosecutors, Dylan Earl tried to harm businesses associated with Ukraine in order to benefit the Russian state. It took 60 firefighters to control the fire he started. Prosecutors accuse Earl of having ties to the Wagner Group, a terrorist organization banned in Britain.

British Defense Minister Grant Shepps has already expressed his “deep concern” about “Russian criminal activity in the UK.”

“Anyone who is found guilty of assisting foreign intelligence will be held accountable,” he wrote on the social network X.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg assured that cases of pro-Russian espionage and sabotage identified in Germany, Great Britain or Poland will not prevent the Alliance from supporting Ukraine.

“Such actions are dangerous and unacceptable. They will not dissuade us from supporting Ukraine, and we are closely coordinating our response to any hostile actions against NATO allies,” he said at a briefing in Berlin.

Russian espionage activity in Europe

As UNIAN wrote, two Russian spies were recently detained in Germany . According to investigators, the suspects were planning to interfere with the delivery of military aid from Germany to Ukraine. A 39-year-old Russian of German origin, Dieter S., agreed to carry out explosions and arson of military infrastructure and industrial facilities in Germany.

According to military observer Alexander Kovalenko , since the beginning of a full-scale war, Russia has been trying to prevent the supply of Western aid to Ukraine. The Russians, in particular, were planning terrorist attacks, but so far there have been no successful sabotage attacks.

(C)UNIAN 2024