DENMARK: RUSSIA IS SABOTAGING COMPANIES THAT SUPPLY UKRAINE
The hybrid war spreading across NATO territory has entered another stage.
Denmark’s Security and Intelligence Service says Russia has begun conducting sabotage operations against Danish companies involved in supplying defense products to Ukraine.
According to PET lead analyst Josefine Christensen, Russia concluded that its earlier campaign of broader disruption had failed to deter NATO from supporting Ukraine. Moscow is therefore shifting toward targets capable of directly affecting the battlefield—including European weapons production and the supply chains carrying equipment to Ukraine.
This follows the pattern we have been documenting across NATO: drones entering allied airspace, airports being disrupted, cyberattacks, suspected arson, interference around critical infrastructure and vessels being struck or damaged in European and international waters. Incidents once treated as occasional provocations are becoming an almost continuous feature of European security.
Denmark says Russia is increasingly recruiting inexpensive, untrained proxies through Telegram and other social-media platforms. Vulnerable people—including those seeking quick money—may initially be paid to photograph or observe a location before being directed toward more serious acts of sabotage.
This allows Moscow to select the target while distancing itself from the person carrying out the attack. If one recruit fails, another can be sent in their place.
Russia denies conducting sabotage operations. However, Danish intelligence says Moscow retains political control over the campaign and is becoming increasingly willing to take risks. Denmark’s defense intelligence service expects Russia to intensify its hybrid attacks against the West in the coming months.
These actions may remain below the traditional threshold of open warfare, but their purpose is unmistakable: damage the industries supporting Ukraine, frighten European populations and make continued military assistance appear dangerous.
NATO countries may not describe themselves as being at war with Russia, but Russia is already treating their factories, infrastructure, airspace and supply networks as part of the battlefield. So far, the response has largely consisted of investigations, warnings and statements—the very restraint Moscow appears increasingly willing to test.