Russian special services
"Russian special services" is a collective term for the intelligence and security agencies of the Russian Federation, principally the FSB (Federal Security Service), the SVR (Foreign Intelligence Service) and the GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff). These bodies conduct foreign and domestic intelligence, special operations and counter-intelligence. They have been linked by Western governments to cyberattacks, sabotage operations, assassinations abroad and domestic political repression. Several European countries have accused Russian intelligence services of election interference, espionage and organizing sabotage on their territory.
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US indicts five alleged Russian intelligence operatives for murder-for-hire and sabotage plots targeting Ukraine's allies
The US Department of Justice has charged five people it says are linked to Russian intelligence services with conspiracy to finance terrorism and, in three cases, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York allege the network recruited US-based individuals to surveil and kill Russian opposition figures in Washington and Lithuania, and coordinated sabotage attacks in European countries that support Ukraine. All five defendants remain at large; the Kremlin has rejected the allegations.
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Danish intelligence warns of concrete Russian sabotage planning targeting defense firms linked to Ukraine aid
Denmark's Security and Intelligence Service (PET) publicly warned that Russian intelligence services are conducting concrete planning of sabotage operations against Danish defense-industry companies, particularly those linked to military aid to Ukraine. PET head of counterintelligence Emil Græsholm said Russian services are also recruiting ordinary Danish citizens through social media and gaming platforms to carry out preparatory tasks, sometimes without the recruits knowing they are working for Moscow.