- The detonation of three parcels in warehouses in three different countries took place last summer
- Denotation was carried out using cheap systems from Chinese electronic gadgets
- According to investigators, a key role in the attacks was to be played by the Ukrainian Władysław D. The man was to receive instructions from the GRU officer, introducing himself as “warrior”
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Reuters, based on data received from a person similar to the Polish investigation and gathered in conversations with several representatives of European security services informs that The detonation of three packages in warehouses in three different countries took place last summer. Specifically 19, 20 and 21 in Birmingham, UK, Leipzig, Germany and near Warsaw.
They hid explosives in cosmetics
According to the agency, a person similar to the investigation in this matter, Homemade incendiary charges were in pillows, packets with cosmetics or erotic toys. The loads were made of a mixture of chemicals, including magnesium, which is highly reactive.
Denotation was carried out using cheap systems from Chinese electronic gadgetssuch as signaling equipment, where the keys are. To the load constructed in this way, packaging was added that resembled cosmetics, containing flammable substances, e.g. nitromethane.
The source of Reuters informs that the proceedings in this case concern criminal activities inspired by Russian GRU.
Russian “Hybrid War”
The case was informed for the first time in October last year. It was said then that it was an element of “hybrid war” conducted by Russia. Moscow uses this type of sabotage activities in countries that support Kiev since the start of the full -scale war in Ukraine.
Reuters, citing his source, reports that the items have caught fire in warehouses. Nobody suffered. However, the parcels were a general test for the Russian operation, assuming detonation of similar packages on board aircraft to the United States and Canada.
The Kremlin rejected these accusations, and the spokesman Dmitry Pieskov announced that “he knows nothing” about this type of actions. He called these reports “subsequent fake news” and “blind rusophobia”
The instructions were passed by “warrior”
The Polish prosecutor's office is based on testimonies gathered during the investigation from at least five suspicious members of the alleged sabotage cell, as well as secret findings of security services. This information shows that Investigators were also to take over the fourth package, which did not explode in the warehouse in Warsaw. The package was thoroughly examined.
According to investigators, Władysław D Ukrainian, who lived in Poland, was to receive a key role in the attacks. The man was to receive instructions from the GRU officer [Główny Zarząd Wywiadowczy], introducing himself as a “warrior”. The bomber's data was revealed by a court in Bosnia, who deals with the case of another member of the group, organizing sabotage.
D. was arrested in Poland at the beginning of August. He was accused of making terrorist acts in favor of Russian intelligence. The man remains in custody, denied the accusations against him and made extensive testimonies.
The Polish prosecutor's office also accuses in connection with this case of 44-year-old Russian Aleksander B., who was to belong to the same Polish cell as D. His task was to prepare operations for transport aircraft flying to North America by organizing shipments of shoes and clothes that were to be sent from Warsaw to Washington and Ottawa. This was to allow him to gather information about dates and methods of delivering shipments.
Aleksander B. during the interrogation in Bosnia denied that he had knowledge of the conspiracy. He was extracted to Poland.
