Europe · Tuesday, 27 October 2026
Romania says Russian-run sabotage cell set fire near a weapons plant

Romania's intelligence service says a Russia-coordinated network set a fire in September at a site near a state weapons factory in Brașov, part of a wider sabotage campaign against defence industries helping Ukraine. Two Belarusians were caught in Germany readying further attacks; a Ukrainian suspect is still at large in Poland. Moscow has not responded; it has denied similar accusations before.
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