We are talking about arson attacks on a warehouse in the UK, a paint factory in Poland, residential buildings in Latvia, and an Ikea store in Lithuania. And Russian agents were arrested on charges of preparing attacks on American military bases.
With such actions, the Russians are trying to undermine military support for Ukraine: to sow fear and force European countries to strengthen security along the entire chain arms supplies.
They do not shun disinformation, sabotage and hacker attacks. And in general they feel quite comfortable in Europe.
Analysts believe that Russian spies in Europe are preparing an attack on NATO. After the poisoning of the Skripals and the wave of expulsions from the continent, the Kremlin’s intelligence services quickly recovered, corrected their mistakes and began to work more efficiently.