Sabotage

A Sofia court spokesperson says European arrest warrants are sought for two 19-year-old Germans accused of burning eight Starlink antennas near Sofia on Oct. 9.

In Bulgaria, 11 Starlink antennas were reportedly set on fire in what may have been a deliberate act of sabotage. The Bulgarian government has not commented on the incident.

On September 30, Lithuania summoned a representative of the Russian Embassy and handed a protest note covering two incidents: an arson attack on Estonian defense company Milrem Robotics attributed to Russia, and Russian missile strikes on Kyiv on September 28 that killed two people. Lithuania stated it treats attacks on allies as threats to NATO collective security.

German authorities have linked a recent arson attack in Munich to Russian intelligence services, adding to a series of sabotage incidents across Europe attributed to Russia amid ongoing tensions over the war in Ukraine.

Russia's embassy in Bucharest expressed outrage over Romania's detention of a Russian national suspected of preparing sabotage operations, after Romanian authorities placed him under 30-day arrest.

Ukrainian security services detained a Russian saboteur who set fire to a military vehicle in Kyiv on September 8, 2026, in what authorities described as a deliberate act of sabotage orchestrated by Russian intelligence.

Germany recorded at least 160 potential sabotage acts against power grids and railways in 2026, with a cluster of attacks this week hitting substations in Brandenburg, Cologne, and Dormagen, plus an explosion near Augsburg.