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A military exercise in Northern Ostrobothnia demonstrated the region's preparedness for hybrid threats, emphasizing the importance of joint training for effective local defense.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the FSB to enhance protection of energy and transport infrastructure in response to Ukrainian attacks allegedly supported by Western intelligence agencies.

A 30-year-old man has been charged with breaking into a water treatment plant in Västerås and causing a shutdown that disrupted water supply to the city.

Sweden is planning to lay a data cable beneath the polar ice cap connecting Asia and North America, aimed at enhancing infrastructure security.

Train circulation on the high-speed lines from Rome to Naples and Rome to Florence has been slowed due to deliberate acts of sabotage, leading to damages and increased safety measures.

A new instance of sabotage occurred in Bologna as cables along a freight line were cut, following a previous incident involving incendiary devices that damaged high-speed railway cables.

Russia is desperately seeking and recruiting criminally connected individuals in Latvia to carry out acts of sabotage against military and critical infrastructure targets, according to a statement from the head of Latvia's State Security Service.

An anarchist group claimed responsibility for sabotaging railway infrastructure in northern Italy on the first full day of the Winter Olympic Games, causing significant delays but no injuries.

The Latvian State Security Service has disclosed that Russia is recruiting criminals for sabotage operations targeting the country's military and critical infrastructure.

Investigations into recent train sabotage incidents in Italy are focusing on anarcho-insurrectionist motives, but no concrete evidence of terrorism has been found so far.

The Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport announced it will seek damages from those responsible for recent railway sabotage incidents that disrupted services and affected thousands of passengers.

Pro-Ukrainian partisans reportedly disabled military communication infrastructure in Russia's Belgorod region, enhancing tactical advantages for Ukrainian forces.

Norwegian intelligence warns that Russia will increase its espionage activities in Norway, particularly in the Arctic region, and is planning sabotage operations targeting Norway's energy infrastructure.

The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) reported 321 suspected cases of sabotage against infrastructure and authorities last year, with security agencies suspecting some incidents might involve Russian state actors.

The article discusses the rise in sabotage cases against German infrastructure, potentially linked to Russian intelligence, prompting the government's initiative to establish a new defense center against hybrid threats.

Poland faced its most significant cyberattack on energy infrastructure in years, with officials attributing the incident to Russian sabotage, bringing the country perilously close to a blackout.

Poland faced a significant threat of a widespread power outage last December due to a major cyberattack on its energy infrastructure, which Polish officials attribute to Russian sabotage.

Since 2011, the 'Vulcan groups' are believed to have committed at least 13 acts of sabotage on rail, energy, and telecommunications infrastructure in Berlin and Brandenburg, with expectations of further attacks according to the Interior Ministry.

In light of the recent power outage in Berlin, Christian Briss discusses the vulnerabilities of Germany's infrastructure and emphasizes the need for both the state and private sectors to enhance security against growing threats such as sabotage, cyberattacks, and drones.

The radical-left group Vulkangruppe, active for over a decade in Berlin and known for its anticapitalist, antitechnological, and antipatriarchal stance, has been responsible for sabotaging critical infrastructure including energy grids and railways.

An attempted attack on critical infrastructure in Erkrath near Düsseldorf was unsuccessful, with the perpetrators claiming responsibility through an online communique.

Criminal scientist Christian Matzdorf calls for a realignment of authorities in response to sabotage acts on infrastructure, emphasizing the need for a recalibrated focus.

Germany's critical infrastructure, particularly its electricity supply, faces ongoing threats from espionage and sabotage, highlighted by a recent power outage in Berlin affecting 30,000 households.

After an arson attack on the power grid in southwest Berlin, tens of thousands of people are left without electricity, heating, and mobile service, as the leftist group 'Vulkangruppe' claims responsibility for the act, prompting experts to warn of an underestimated danger and the vulnerability of critical infrastructure.

The ERT antenna collapsed in Souda, Chania, with initial reports suggesting possible sabotage due to severed wires.

The closure of the Russian Consulate General in Poland by Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski follows acts of sabotage, including explosions and damage to railway infrastructure in Polish towns.