According to the police, the Russian military intelligence agency GRU is behind the attempted arson attack at a Lithuanian company that manufactures radio scanners for Ukraine. The group of the accused allegedly planned similar actions in other European countries.
The Russian military intelligence agency GRU is behind an attempted arson attack at a Lithuanian company that supplies radio scanners for the Ukrainian army, Lithuanian police announced on Friday. TASR informs about it according to a Reuters report.
- The Russian GRU intelligence is behind the arson attack in Lithuania.
- Six persons from several countries are accused.
- Attacks were also attempted in the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania.
- The orders for the attacks were given by a group from Russia connected to the GRU.
- Lithuania has already blamed the GRU for the fire in the IKEA department store.
Six individuals from Belarus, Colombia, Cuba, Russia and Spain are charged in connection with the 2024 incident. According to the police and the prosecutor’s office, the group attempted similar attacks in the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania.
GRU and organized crime
“The crimes were coordinated and the executioners were given orders by a group of people living in Russia who are connected to the Russian GRU,” Lithuania’s deputy chief of the criminal police, Saulius Briginas, told reporters.
Last year, Lithuania accused the GRU of arson at the IKEA department store in Vilnius. This fire occurred in May 2024 and was classified as terrorism by the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office. In connection with the aforementioned fire, the police detained two Ukrainian citizens under the age of 20. One was detained in Lithuania, the other in Poland. According to the Lithuanian prosecutor’s office, it was established that these persons were hired from Russia through a network of intermediaries connected to the Russian security forces and the GRU.
