Russian Sabotage Investigation
Estonia Says Russian Services Ordered Arson at Ukraine Supplier Facility
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Estonia’s Internal Security Service said an investigation found that an August 15 arson at a Tallinn building used by Milrem Robotics, a maker of unmanned military vehicles supplied to Ukraine, was commissioned by Russian security services. The fire was quickly contained without disrupting the company’s supplies; Estonia summoned Russia’s chargé d’affaires, while the Kremlin rejected the accusation as baseless and Estonia did not disclose its evidence. The case comes amid suspected Russian-linked sabotage in Europe, including a September 3 arson at a Munich construction site near defense companies Rohde & Schwarz and Helsing, which supplies drones to Ukraine. German investigators suspect the Munich attack was directed by the GRU; two Bulgarian citizens were detained on suspicion of acting as low-level recruits for a GRU-linked network, and authorities were examining a possible connection to an attempted explosive-drone attack near Leipzig/Halle Airport in August, which Germany attributed to Russia.
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Three suspects were detained in Latvia in the days after the fire—two on Aug. 17 and a third the following day—and were handed over to Estonia.
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Milrem’s unmanned ground vehicles can deliver supplies, transport ammunition, evacuate wounded soldiers and lay mines, according to The New York Times.
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KAPO said the attack’s modus operandi matched other sabotage carried out in Europe on Russia’s behalf, and warned industries to maintain strong physical and cybersecurity measures.
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Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal said, “we will not be intimidated,” as he responded to the agency’s findings.
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