Accused of sabotage, Russia summons a senior Canadian diplomat | War in Ukraine

Deputy head of the Canadian diplomatic mission in Moscow was informed that these speculations […] testify to the probable preparation of a gross anti-Russian provocationthe Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

He was given a protest note regarding false accusations of alleged ”Russian sabotage” planned against countries in theNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationI’LL TAKEinvolving the sending, including to recipients in Canada, of explosives by postal mailadded the ministry.

Arrests in Poland

Poland and Lithuania announced in early November that they had arrested several people suspected of being involved in a case of sending incendiary packages to different countries. (new window) of Europe, which caught fire this summer in the warehouses of the logistics group DHL in Germany and Great Britain.

The group’s objective was also to test transfer channels for these packages, which were ultimately to be sent to the United States and Canada, Polish authorities claimed.

It targeted industrial facilities or critical infrastructure such as airports, airplanes and other vehicles, where packages were expected to ignite during land and air transit.

Hybrid Warfare

According to Western officials, this wave of sabotage reflects an intensification of hybrid warfare carried out by Russia against Ukraine’s allied countries and the attacks are believed to be the work of Russian military intelligence services, the GRU, although Moscow has denied any involvement.

It has grown in the last year, according to the Polish internal security agency.

The head of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency, MI5, has warned that his country faces a staggering increase assassination attempts, sabotage and other crimes on its soil, orchestrated by Moscow and Tehran.

Following this affair, the Canadian government said it deeply concerned by the intensification of Russia’s sabotage activities.

Moscow responded Friday by accusing Canada of participating in a hybrid warfare against Russia by supplying weapons to Ukraine and through participation of Canadian mercenaries in hostilities alongside the kyiv regime with the blessing of the Trudeau government.

Any hostile action would not go unanswered […]. Canadian authorities should exercise caution and refrain from taking harmful measures that would aggravate the confrontation with Russia, the Russian ministry further indicated.