‘It’s part of military operations,’ says adviser to Lithuanian president amid concern sabotage nearly caused air disaster
A cargo airplane stands on the tarmac at Leipzig/Halle Airport. German authorities said in October that a plane crash had been narrowly avoided when an airfreight parcel caught fire on the ground rather than when the aircraft was in the air. Photograph: Jens Schlueter/Getty ImagesWestern governments and intelligence agencies in Europe have previously pointed to Moscow as being the source of a series of fires and acts of sabotage in Europe aimed at destabilising allies of Ukraine.
“We are telling our allies that it’s not random, it’s part of military operations,” Kestutis Budrys, an adviser to Lithuanian president Gitanas Nauseda, told Ziniu radio on Tuesday. Reuters was unable to reach Budrys for comment by telephone. The Russian government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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