🇷🇺❌🇺🇸🌐 — Intelligence on Russian sabotage threat prompted increase in security at US military bases in Europe, reports CNN

➡️ US military bases across Europe were placed on a heightened state of alert last week for the first time in a decade after the US received intelligence that Russian-backed actors were considering carrying out sabotage attacks against US military personnel and facilities, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

➡️ The intelligence the US received suggested that Russia had included US bases and military personnel as options to attack via proxies, the sources said — similar to plots that have been carried out or disrupted across Europe in recent months.

➡️ In April, two German-Russian nationals were arrested for allegedly plotting bomb and arson attacks on targets including US military facilities on behalf of Russia.

➡️ The intelligence, which the US received within the last two weeks and has not been previously reported, was deemed alarming enough to implement additional safety protocols, the sources said. Several US military bases in Europe raised their alert level to Force Protection Condition “Charlie,” which “applies when an incident occurs or intelligence is received indicating some form of terrorist action or targeting against personnel or facilities is likely,” according to the US Army.

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🇷🇺❌🇫🇷🌐 — A Man arrested with explosives near Paris main airport on June 3, 2024 was part of vast Russian sabotage campaign, claims French newspaper Le Monde

➡️ The building targeted by the Russian-Ukrainian man, who was wounded on June 3 while making an explosive device in his hotel room, located near the Paris region's Charles de Gaulle international airport, was not a strategic one.

➡️ Le Monde has learned the initial results of the investigation into the man indicate that he was preparing to attack an outlet of the home improvement store chain Bricorama, located in a commercial zone north of the French capital. His planned act was, however, part of a vast sabotage campaign orchestrated in Moscow, which targeted several European countries.

➡️ In the late afternoon of June 3, a sturdily-built 26-year-old man, a Ukrainian and Russian dual national, was taken to a hospital by firefighters, after suffering burns to his upper body, face and head.

➡️ He initially said that they had been caused by an accidental explosion. However, the curious conditions of the incident and the man's suspicious profile led the emergency services to report the matter to law enforcement authorities, who quickly referred the case to France's domestic intelligence agency, the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI).

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