Description: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has stated that Russia is planning to conduct sophisticated acts of terrorism and sabotage across the globe using proxies such as the countries from the Eastern European bloc. He mentioned the aerial fires and similar sabotage attempts which could possibly cripple several industrial sectors within the EU, especially transportation and logistics. The activities are suspected to have been conducted by the Russian GRU (Military Intelligence Service) which is widely known to have global operational capabilities.
Impact: Several government officials have warned of heightened sabotage activities by Russia within EU country members which indicates on loosened coordination in security and counterintelligence. Russia could further leverage EU’s discoordination on internal levels and political transition to further topple EU’s critical infrastructure and negatively impact several industries especially within the defense sector. EU and NATO should amplify defense capabilities and security measures to counter Russian sabotage, and terrorism attempts and remain capable to further support Ukraine in the war.