Russia has begun sabotage operations against Danish companies supplying Ukraine after concluding that broader disruption efforts failed to curb Western military support for the country, a Danish intelligence official said on Wednesday, Reuters reports.
The shift reflects a significant escalation in Moscow's hybrid warfare campaign, Josefine Christensen, lead analyst at the Danish national security and intelligence service (PET), told a homeland security conference in Copenhagen.
"What we saw in the spring was a lot of planning, but very little carried out; what we saw in early summer is that they started to carry out a lot more," Christensen said.
Russia concluded that its previous broad-spectrum targeting "did not have the effect of deterring the Western NATO from supporting Ukraine," she said.
Moscow maintains political control over operations, but operational boldness is growing, she said. Russia is now "trying to hit targets that have a direct impact on the front line. That means weapons production."
Christensen cited a Russian defense ministry list of alleged European drone and drone component manufacturers that Moscow said in April amounted to potential military targets, without elaborating further.
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