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Lithuanian authorities say they have charged 13 people with two attempted murders in Vilnius linked to Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, while Ukraine said the same group constituted a “Russian intelligence network” that tried to murder Ukrainian journalists and an intelligence official. Lithuania alleges those who sought the killings were acting in the interests of the GRU, said Saulius Briginas, the Lithuanian police chief.
The suspects, some of whom were arrested in Lithuania in March, were charged with seeking to kill one Lithuanian – an activist and fundraiser for Ukraine – and one Russian national, a dissident and activist for the rights of the Bashkir minority of Russia. The same suspects were also believed by police to be behind an arson attack on Ukraine-bound military equipment in Bulgaria and espionage against the Greek military, he added. “We are witnessing hybrid-style crimes against European Union countries, their national security, and persons who act in support of Ukraine,” said Briginas, the police chief.
