Intelligence chiefs have warned ministers they fear Britain and other key Ukrainian allies are being targeted by Russian saboteurs following a series of suspicious incidents in recent months.
These include a wave of fires at arms factories and military-related industrial sites in the West that are supplying Ukraine . There have also been attacks on computer systems, train derailments and even jamming of satellite signals for civil air flights.
Pictured: A fire ignited at a plant in Berlin containing poisonous sulphuric acid and copper cyanide that is reportedly linked to missiles supplied to Ukraine But Tory MP Bob Seely, a Russian-speaking specialist on disinformation and member of the foreign affairs committee, said that Britain must wake up to the threat.
Mr Cleverly told Parliament that 'malign activities' such as leaking state documents and cyber attacks on MPs, along with the planning of sabotage actions in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Poland, 'bear all the hallmarks of a deliberate campaign by Russia designed to 'bring the war home' across Europe and to undermine our collective resolve to support Ukraine'.
Last month, there was an explosion at a South Wales factory run by BAE Systems, Britain's biggest defence firm, which manufactures arms sent to Ukraine. Yesterday, a BAE Systems spokesman said an investigation was being carried out but 'there is no evidence of sabotage'. Poland – a key supporter of Kyiv and arms supply route -– disrupted a network of saboteurs thought to be planning an attack on their rail system.
One Baltic diplomatic source said: 'Moscow cannot start a concerted war against Nato but it is trying every other possible measure to challenge the West and disrupt our lives.' Then came the 2008 invasion of Georgia, followed by his invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and illegal seizure of Crimea.
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