Wave of sabotage feared
EU country’s secret service warns of attacks on arms companies
09/03/2026 – 3:38 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
It’s not just Germany that is currently experiencing a wave of sabotage. New attacks on the infrastructure are also feared in Denmark.
The Danish secret service has warned of Russian acts of sabotage in the Scandinavian country. Moscow “actively prepare acts of sabotage aimed at the defense industry in Denmark the head of counterintelligence at the Danish secret service PET, Emil Graesholm, told the daily Berlingske. The services of the Russian head of state Vladimir Putin are therefore trying to recruit “normal Danes”. Experts speak of disposable agents.
According to Graesholm, the orders of the Russian authorities can consist of taking photos, checking the access and security conditions around a facility and reporting on them. “We talk about these methods because they don’t have to look like a spy film,” he emphasized in an interview with Berlingske.
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Denmark is one of the staunch supporters of the Ukraine. Among other things, a Ukrainian drone manufacturer produces fuel for the aircraft there.
Putin sees the EU as Ukraine’s safe hinterland
Denmark already had it last year An increase in drone attacks around an informal EU summit in Copenhagen experienced. Recently, numerous incidents in Germany caused a stir. For security expert Joachim Krause from the University of Kiel, this is no coincidence. “The current escalation has not only to do with the elections in Germany, but above all with the expansion of the war in Ukraine,” Krause told t-online.
Hybrid attacks are not only increasing in Germany, too Poland and Romania report incidents. Putin sees the EU states as Ukraine’s safe hinterland Leipzig/Halle Airport important supply lines run through. Krause told t-online: “Ukraine is attacking targets in Russia’s hinterland, now Putin is hitting back, also against Ukraine’s supporters. These are attacks on infrastructure such as substations, or attacks on arms factories and supply lines.”
The Danish authorities also warn. It is “fundamental” that the Danish defense industry “takes the necessary security measures so that it is able to protect itself,” Graesholm told the Danish television station TV2. “Many players in this area are already actively working on it,” he added.
The PET secret service had already stated in 2024 that the Russian threat against Denmark had increased. Moscow was recently accused of increasing its acts of sabotage against European supporters of Ukraine. On Tuesday she did Federal Government Russia for the attempted attack on the Airport Leipzig/Halle responsible and imposed punitive measures.
