Fires at DHL warehouses this year may have been part of Russian sabotage operations, officials have said.
AdvertisementSuspected Russian sabotage activities targeting the air freight industry have been on the rise this year, and the industry is preparing for further action.
Speaking a few months after the DHL fires, the chief of the UK's MI6 intelligence service, Richard Moore, said he believed Russian intelligence services had "gone a bit feral."
AdvertisementKremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied Russia's involvement in sabotage operations in Europe.
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany's domestic intelligence services, and the BND declined to comment further.
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